King Dork

I really liked some aspects of this book. The commentary on high school, the commentary on Salinger, and the whole code/mystery thing. And it's definitely funny. The way the protagonist talks about girls is kind of annoying... but then, the way most teenage boys talk about girls is kind of annoying. Overall, pretty funny, but not my fave. Probably teen boys would like this book more than I did.

I liked the narrator, but everything that the reviews on the first page say about the girl characters is true. Maybe I'm going easier on this book because I've read way more un-feminist YA books (I am still mad that I read [b:Cycler 2970898 Cycler Lauren McLaughlin http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255632240s/2970898.jpg 3001136], yes). I enjoyed this, though, and I can see this book being a jumping-off point for readers to find the music and books that are mentioned in it. I don't know if I'll re-read or not, but it was worth the time.Random side note: this was published in 2006, but no one has a cell phone?