Dnf @ 26%
Nothing wrong with it, just not feeling it now.

A fun, perfectly paced little story of high school rivalries, robots, and industrial-strength weedkiller. Faith Erin Hicks just gets better and better—the art is so emotive and partners beautifully with the text (with a great balance of textual and visual jokes).

I felt that the ending didn't wrap up the story as cleverly and effortlessly as I'd have liked, but all in all I loved the heck out of it. ( )

Still a great book! Looks great in color!

I still love the core relationships in this story. And it feels so much like high school, particularly in that uncomfortable way people don't try to talk through other kid family issues among friends. Those awkward silences... Yup. And the art is still gorgeous! ( )

I felt the story line with the jock (Yes, completely forgot his name in a short amount of time) with his parents are rushed (And the amount of disrespect- I was waiting for a slap or something. If I ever hung up on my parents...)
I liked Nate, he wasn't really annoying. Also I'm a sucker for two oppsitite types of people getting together. The main storyline I wasn't really impressed with, nothing different. ( )

I read such good reviews of this book, and I was disappointed. Really, guy jocks and girl cheerleaders? The nerds vs. the cheerleaders? Could we throw in a few more stereotypes? None of the characters were represented in a way that was fair or realistic. There were a couple of pages during the robot competition in the end when I liked the book, but I think that was just compared to how much I didn't enjoy the rest of it. I could see that it was supposed to be earth shattering that the nerdy main character (who was ridiculously mean, not nerdy!) and the jock guy were friends, but their characters were too flat and unbelievable to be interesting. The author boxed the characters into their gender roles and stereotypes so severely that when they were supposed to surprise you by breaking them, they still didn't seem like real people at all. There was a glimmer of interest here and there, but it could have been a lot stronger. ( )