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Ryan Gebhart

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Verk av Ryan Gebhart

There Will Be Bears (2014) 71 exemplar
Of Jenny and the Aliens (2017) 35 exemplar
Of Jenny and the Aliens (2017) 2 exemplar

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Literary merit: Poor
Characterization: fair
Recommended: no
Reading level: upper young adult

This was not an enjoyable read as there was a lot of sexual activity, drugs, drinking and strong language. There are stories this type of material is appropriate, but this is not one of them. This caused the book to be difficult to read and relate to.
 
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SWONroyal | 10 andra recensioner | Nov 6, 2017 |
Goodreads Synopsis:
Ten years after Earth sent messages out into deep space, there has been an answer. Music from a distant planet has reached the our radios. Are aliens about to invade? No one knows, and almost-eighteen-year-old Derek doesn’t really care, because at a wild end-of-the-world party, Jennifer Novak invites him to play beer pong. And things…progress from there. Derek is in love. Deeply, hopelessly in love. He wants it all—marriage, kids, growing old on a beach in Costa Rica. Jenny is The One.

But Jenny has other plans, and they may or may not include Derek. So Derek will try anything to win her—even soliciting advice from the alien who shows up in his hometown. This alien may just be the answer to Derek’s problem. But is Derek prepared to risk starting an interstellar war to get his girl? And just how far is he willing to travel to discover the mysteries of the universe—and love?

My Review:
I received a copy of this book through a Librarything giveaway.

First of all, I love books about aliens and space so I was really excited to hear I won this. The story begins with a party. A beer pong, body paint party. An end of the world party. A satellite has picked up a song from another world, confirming another life form out there. What better reason could there be for a party?

The story is told through a seventeen year old boy named Derek's eyes. I thought by the cover that the story would be a little young for me but was I ever wrong. This book sucked me in from the very beginning and I didn't want to stop reading it until it was finished. It made me laugh a lot while the story progressed and I really ended up liking most of the characters. They seemed so lifelike and hilarious at times. They reacted to situations the way anyone would, but they had better jokes. It really brought the story to life.

Derek is just a regular kid who likes to go to parties and play Mario Kart and get high. He just happens to be alive when alien life is found. I loved the aliens, they were so interesting and yet so familiar. They reminded me a little of the movie Paul and that's great. The planet Earth is just too wrapped up in their own drama to realize how big that actually is.

Overall this book is probably one of my new favourites and I'm glad I have a nice hardcover copy for my bookshelf. I didn't want to put it down and am glad I can read it again whenever I like. Definitely check it out if you get the chance.

Here's a link to the authors twitter and another link for the book on amazon.

https://twitter.com/RyanGebhart

https://www.amazon.ca/Jenny-Aliens-Ryan-Gebhart-ebook/dp/B073D56BP8/ref=sr_1_1?i...

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radioactivebookworm | 10 andra recensioner | Nov 5, 2017 |
My problem with this wasn't the crude humor or the mentions of sex - it was more the fact that I just didn't really know what was going on. Of Jenny and the Aliens has a really fun and quirky writing style, which made the book fly by super quickly, but overall I could have done without the narrator's odd obsession over a girl he had only known for a few days. I really liked the alien aspect of this book actually - but all the side characters, especially the best friend and Jenny herself - made me remember that humanity really, really, really sucked.… (mer)
 
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CatherineHsu | 10 andra recensioner | Sep 24, 2017 |
This book is essentially "another teenage movie"-- except with aliens. It revolves around the character of a nerdish teenager boy who in the efforts of losing his virginity ends up falling for a girl who doesn't in every instance reciprocate his feelings.

"Of Jenny and the Aliens" could have worked under several circumstances. The context was interesting to me. The author made sure to make lots of pop culture references. And I liked the mention of the displacement and depression of the main character who is originally from Texas and moved to Ohio. Of course, the aliens were an interesting add to the mix.

Yet the story revolved around some kid's infatuation with one girl and both of their stories together was disinteresting and horribly cliche. To be fair, the story was interesting to follow for a time, but the idea that a kid is willing to disrupt the world for a girl who expressed several times over that she was not completely committed, is absurd.

And the resolution provided no resolves. The character wasn't really dynamic. He was only forced to address recurring issues in his life.

Also: the conception of lightyears in this book was wildly inaccurate.
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ennedroC | 10 andra recensioner | Sep 3, 2017 |

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Verk
3
Medlemmar
108
Popularitet
#179,297
Betyg
½ 3.4
Recensioner
15
ISBN
16
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