Two Parties, One Tux, And A Very Short Film About The Grapes Of Wrath (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Some books you just have a good feeling about from the time you see the cover until the minute you finish the last page. This was one of those books.Any book powerful enough to have me crying on one page and laughing on the next deserves five stars. I loved the vibrant characters in this story, especially Mitchell, who is exactly the type of witty, clever narrator I hope to find in every book I read. Most this is a book about nothing too different or strange from any other book about kids struggling to navigate through high school. Michell is an average teenager who does his homework, worries about girls and has a best friend David. And then David tells Michell he's gay and though Michell's cool about it, he's not exactly sure if that changes anything or not.Michell doesn't spurn his friendship with David nor is he totally comfortable. I appreciated his struggle and found it to be the most interesting thing about the book. I also loved how Michell and David go about resolving this newest development in their friendship just like all their issues (class projects, dates for prom, dealing with their annoying friend Louis, etc.) in their own awkward way.My favorite character was David--deadpan characters usually are. But since the book is in first person from Michell's perspective and most the time Michell doesn't really know what's going on, it was hard for me to understand how David was feeling because he was so deadpan.I also liked the Grapes of Wrath bashing--I could not get through that book either in high school.A do have a complaint about the author starting every new section in a chapter with a title. I found it distracting and disrupted my reading groove (...if that makes any sense.)
What do You think about Two Parties, One Tux, And A Very Short Film About The Grapes Of Wrath (2008)?
"Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman (2008)"
—whit
Still trying to figure out whether the title suits the book, but I did like it. A lot.
—Sadiyah
I really enjoyed it, but will likely forget the entire thing by tomorrow.
—Babs
