And it works in PUMP UP THE VOLUME because Christian Slater's character (Mark)is really quiet and keeps to himself, so his alter-ego doesn't conflict with his real personality, because his real personality is deliberately keeping a low profile. We already have the burgeoning friendship between her and Nash, and their past relationship when they were kids, and so to have him ALSO be this super-hip radio show host just seemed like too much.
This one had Nash as Dirty Dirk (Christian Slater as "Hard Harry," anyone?), which just seemed a completely unnecessary plot device. It was so clearly inspired by SAY ANYTHING, and just because the main character references SAY ANYTHING while he holds the stereo up for his love interest doesn't make it okay to be so derivative. This was my main problem with Colasanti's first book. This is a professional book that's gone through who knows how many revisions, and that one got by all those people?ģ) The blatant PUMP UP THE VOLUME rip off.
The "whatevs" and "parental units" and all that was very distracting, as well.Ģ) At one point, it said something about "whale on a guitar." It's wail, right? I'm not mistaken on that? I just don't see how one could "whale" on a guitar, and I know it sounds petty, but come on now. So often in YA novels the parents are completely absent.ġ) Her dialogue, with its tags of, "Sterling was all, and then I was like." It's been commented on before here, but man, did it drive me crazy. Maybe because he reminded me of my little brother, in a way (who is 16 and is sweet and funny but definitely a know-it-all), but also because I really enjoyed that he was by no means perfect, but still ended up being perfect for Marisa.Ĥ) It was cool to see parents who had lives separate from their children and made mistakes but were still good parents. She was just the kind of best friend a high school girl would have - weird, maddening, but there when you need her.ģ) Whenever Nash got all know-it-ally or obnoxious, I ate it up. Sterling is somewhat ADD, obsessed with older boys, a fantastic chef, a little demanding, but loyal as hell. I liked that she seemed like a real girl, although her "people say I'm pretty but I don't think so" struck me as a little coy from a first-person narrator.Ģ) The relationship with her best friend, Sterling, was well-developed and interesting. 1) I liked the description of the main character as being not-too-skinny, not-too-fat, unable to fit into some jeans, etc.
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