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Ned Vizzini (1981–2013)

Autor de It's Kind of a Funny Story

9+ Obras 6,948 Miembros 226 Reseñas 14 Preferidas
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Sobre El Autor

Ned Vizzin was born in New York City on April 4, 1981. He began writing professionally as a teenager. He wrote essays and articles for the New York Press, the New York Times, and other publications. His first book, Teen Angst? Naaah...: A Quasi Autobiography, was published in 2000. His other books mostrar más include Be More Chill, House of Secrets co-written with film director Chris Columbus, and It's Kind of a Funny Story, which was adapted as a feature film in 2010 starring Zack Galifianakis. His television writing credits include MTV's Teen Wolf, and the NBC drama Believe. He committed suicide on December 19, 2013 at the age of 32. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Ned Vizzini

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2006) 4,353 copias
Be More Chill (2004) 948 copias
LA MANSIÓN DE LOS SECRETOS (2013) 646 copias
Teen Angst? Naaah . . . (2000) 371 copias
House of Secrets: Battle of the Beasts (2014) — Autor — 232 copias
The Other Normals (2012) 226 copias
House of Secrets: Clash of the Worlds (2016) — Autor — 104 copias

Obras relacionadas

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contribuidor — 769 copias
21 Proms (2007) — Contribuidor — 304 copias
Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (2004) — Contribuidor — 165 copias
Who Done It? (2013) — Contribuidor — 135 copias
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2011) — Original novel — 39 copias
Be More Chill: Original 2015 Cast Recording (2015) — Original book — 6 copias
Be More Chill: Original 2019 Broadway Cast Recording (2019) — Original book — 1 copia

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Nombre canónico
Vizzini, Ned
Nombre legal
Vizzini, Edison Price
Fecha de nacimiento
1981-04-04
Fecha de fallecimiento
2013-12-19
Género
male
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
New York, New York, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Causa de fallecimiento
suicide, jumped off the roof of a building
Lugares de residencia
New York, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Educación
Hunter College
Ocupaciones
author

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Debates

Found: Siblings trapped in author's fictional world en Name that Book (diciembre 2023)
Ned Vizzini, suicide en Librarians who LibraryThing (diciembre 2013)

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Most of it was well-done, but there were some major plot points that really didn't sit well with me.

1) Jennifer is a perfect example of how not to write a trans character. Trans women DO NOT want to "fool" you into having sex with them. Medical staff shouldn't out their trans patients (although God knows many of them probably do), and outing them isn't likely to produce a nonchalant laugh. It's an unbelievably shitty thing to do. Her name isn't "Jennifer/Charles," it's JENNIFER. And similarly, she's a SHE, not a "he/she/it." (Even if you don't agree with me, what kind of human being calls another human being "it"?)

2) When Craig maliciously tells Nia's boyfriend she's taking antidepressants, Vizzini treats it like you're supposed to be cheering for Craig as he alienates people who are not good for him. Er... no. That's a nasty, manipulative, and just plain shitty thing to do to a person. From then on the text treats Nia with total disdain, which is also weird and feels icky.

Other than that? Cute, ridiculously indie, with a few nicely written bits and a few cliche ones. I'm curious if the movie will be better or worse. I really hope they cut the Jennifer bit, because it's unlikely to get better in the retelling.
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caedocyon | 138 reseñas más. | Feb 23, 2024 |
Recommended: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
This book was insulting to women for the way they are treated and viewed, and insulting to men for the idiotic and disgusting way they are portrayed as acting. I believe "vile" or "foul" would be a great way to sum this book up.

Beyond the outright misogyny and objectification here, it was genuinely idiotic. The magic liquid needed is Mountain Dew? Was this written by a horny fourteen year old? Because that is exactly what it felt like. This seems like something a lonely, horny fourteen year old boy might write.

The fact that it gets praise and has been adapted into a musical is vaguely terrifying to me. I don't understand if those reading this are just also misogynistic idiots, and so love it because it reflects them, or if they are somehow desperately blind to that entirely, which is possibly worse.
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Jenniferforjoy | 26 reseñas más. | Jan 29, 2024 |
For an adult, this is just OK. It's fun but I had to force myself to finish it.

For a kid, I think it would be awesome! There is more action in this book than in a summer blockbuster movie! Pirates, giants, skeletons, mid evil soldiers, witches and warlocks...I'm sure I'm leaving some things out.
 
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hmonkeyreads | 29 reseñas más. | Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ned Vizzini - It’s Kind of a Funny Story: Immensely talented writer, and his death leaves me feeling rather conflicted about this book. #cursorybookreviews #cursoryreviews
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khage | 138 reseñas más. | Jun 18, 2023 |

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