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    The Haters

    By Jesse Andrews

    3.5/5

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    A New York Times bestseller!
     
    From Jesse Andrews, author of the New York Times bestselling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and screenwriter of the Sundance award–winning motion picture of the same name, comes a groundbreaking young adult novel about music, love, friendship, and freedom as three young musicians follow a quest to escape the law long enough to play the amazing show they hope (but also doubt) they have in them.
     
    For Wes and his best friend, Corey, jazz camp turns out to be lame. It’s pretty much all dudes talking in Jazz Voice. But then they jam with Ash, a charismatic girl with an unusual sound, and the three just click. It’s three and a half hours of pure musical magic, and Ash makes a decision: They need to hit the road. Because the road, not summer camp, is where bands get good. Before Wes and Corey know it, they’re in Ash’s SUV heading south, and The Haters Summer of Hate Tour has begun.
     
    In his second novel, Andrews again brings his brilliant and distinctive voice to YA, in the perfect book for music lovers, fans of The Commitments (author Roddy Doyle raves "The Haters is terrific. It is shocking and funny, unsettling and charming."), and High Fidelity, or anyone who has ever loved—and hated—a song or a band. This witty, funny coming-of-age novel is contemporary fiction at its best.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherABRAMS
    Release dateApr 5, 2016
    ISBN9781613129487
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    • 1/5
      A band made up of two weird jazz band friends and a strange girl from who knows where that they met at jazz camp?? Sign me up! was my thought when I started reading but then it got weird.I don't know where the disconnect started to happen but once they hit the road and found their first obstacle I felt myself forcing my brain to keep reading. There are some great moments here and there but I think I'm finally too old to appreciate Ash's unapologetic brooding attitude and sarcastic speech.I don't know what I was expecting. Maybe something like Me Earl and the Dying Girl? Probably not because I cannot for the life of me remember the end to that book which leads me to think that I didn't even finish reading that one. MEatDG had better humor that Haters because this one just had penis jokes after penis jokes that had me skipping ahead only to find a sex joke.
    • 5/5
      This is an engaging teen book from Andrews, the author of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. A coming of age story about three teens who connect at music camp and decide to form a band, leave the camp and go on tour to play the amazing music they feel is a possible, all this before their parents and the law catches up. A tale of friendship, music, and love.
    • 4/5
      Best friends Wes and Corey meet up with rich girl Ash at a jazz camp, which they quickly ditch for a road trip playing gigs wherever they can get them. And since they're a newly formed band with no manager, no experience, and no phones, their few performance venues end up being a Chinese restaurant, a good samaritan's backyard and a dive bar where the bartender suddenly becomes their frontman. Lots of raunchy humor, sex, drugs, and (rock and roll!) music make this quixotic quest for musical greatness a well-paced and highly enjoyable romp that, despite some snarly attitude and over-the-top teen antics, has a heart of gold thanks to first person narrator, Wes.
    • 3/5
      Wes and Corey run away from jazz band camp to be in a band with fellow camper Ash Ramos, now expelled. They head south looking for places to play and trying not to be caught and sent home.
    • 4/5
      I dragged through the book, so the rating might be partly due to me and the pacing. Wes and Corey have been long-time friends and music fans. They also play jazz. When they go to jazz camp, they are entranced when they meet and jam with Ash. Soon the trio is making a break from camp to go on tour. While they don't have any gigs, they find some and many adventures along the way. From an odd drug-fueled music commune to a Chinese restaurant to a backyard barbeque, the three encounter situations and musical experiences that stretch and challenge them. A high school read. I was lucky enough to meet the author on his signing tour. A road trip for a summer of sex, drugs, and rock and roll and then dealing with the consequences of the aftermath.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars. I skimmed a lot toward the end, but it's still worth a read.
    • 4/5
      so funny! as a band kid, this book really hit different.
    • 5/5
      This is the same author of “Me, Earl and the Dying Girl.” In this novel, Wes and Corey attend Jazz Camp where they meet a girl named Ash who leads them on an epic road trip to see if they really can be a band. They meet a number of interesting characters along the way, survive some mishaps and learn much about each other and life. This author has a gift for creating memorable, quirky characters that the reader can easily identify with. I love his writing style.