Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
2006 • 183 pages
Ratings39
Average rating3.2
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Ratings39
Average rating3.2
It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, who's just walked in to his band's show. With a new guy. And then, with one kiss, Nick and Norah are off on an adventure set against the backdrop of New York City--and smack in the middle of all the joy, anxiety, confusion, and excitement of a first date.This he said/she said romance told by YA stars Rachel Cohn and David Levithan is a sexy, funny roller coaster of a story about one date over one very long night, with two teenagers, both recovering from broken hearts, who are just trying to figure out who they want to be--and where the next great band is playing.Told in alternating chapters, teeming with music references, humor, angst, and endearing side characters, this is a love story you'll wish were your very own. Working together for the first time, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have combined forces to create a book that is sure to grab readers of all ages and never let them go.From the Hardcover edition.
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Edgy, fast-paced, frank YA written by 2 authors.
Loved the concept and the individual voices.
As I love both [a:David Levithan 11664 David Levithan https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1426529210p2/11664.jpg] and [a:Rachel Cohn 13139 Rachel Cohn https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1224298697p2/13139.jpg], this book was almost an automatic winner for me.The book goes back and forth between the viewpoints of Nick and Norah on their relationship, love, The Ex's, music, sex, and religion. A fun, cute story with some adult situations thrown in makes this a great book for older teens and young adults. I sat down and read it cover to cover - I couldn't put it down!
This was cute, no doubt about that. Nick and Norah are certainly likable characters. I think that's it, though.
The plot wasn't really developed which made the book feel quite slow. Whilst the characters were well written, I found their attraction to each other was dragged out to the point where I finished the book feeling, frankly, a bit bored.
David Levithan is absolutely one of my favorites, and Rachel Cohn is great too, but this collaboration has nothing on Dash and Lily's Book Of Dares.
(Also, a rare occasion when the film is better than the book.)
It had some interesting thing to say beyond all the pretentious rambling. It felt authentic, and it was admittedly sweet.
YA romance is not a genre I like very much, I'm not sure why I keep reading them. For every one like this, pretentious and arty teenagers fall in love and act like every little moment they spend with the other person is some sort of perfect gift, there are some truly smart and memorable ones.
It wasn't bad. I'm glad it was short.
