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book was something special, because it made me do something that's quite rare from a book it made me laugh out loud.
Multiple times.

If you know me, you know it's practically impossible for a book or movie to make me cry, and the same goes for laughter.
The biggest reaction a comedy book will get from me is the occasional snicker, But The Haters was just freaking hilarious,

I thought it was even funnier than sitelinkMe and Earl and the Dying Girl, and that was pretty funny.
If you go into this expecting deep philosophy you'll probably end up getting offended and putting the book down.


My advice is: Don't take it too seriously, Just laugh along with the jokes unless you're like me, where you're reading in a totally inappropriate place in public and trying so hard not to crack up you have to stop reading.


Imagine two teenage boys who are hopelessly nerdy, yet intelligent and interesting and lovable, These are the main characters, Wes and Corey, They became friends ever since they critiqued their first song when they were kids, Ever since then, they've called themselves "haters, " Even the songs they love, they can't help hating on,

When they go to jazz camp they meet Ash, who understands them, After the three jam together, they disembark on a crazy road trip to try to broadcast their band.


The characters were so great and felt real I thought they were accurate representations of teenagers.
They reminded me of the ones in sitelinkPaper Towns aside from Margo, where they acted dumb and impulsive and were insecure and naïve.
The author didn't skimp on realistic details, either, and these teens swore and drank and made wrong choices and talked crude.


Though there was plenty of light comedy, some serious topics were also focused on, Wes is adopted and his parents ignore him, Corey's parents are overbearing. Ash is from a rich and screwedup family and constantly feels lonely,

I'd recommend this for older and mature readers, It was another great contemporary I can add to the ones I've read published in, including sitelinkKill the Boy Band, sitelinkExit, Pursued by a Bear, and sitelinkUp to This Pointe.
I won The Haters from the Goodreads Giveaways program, Thank you to Goodreads!

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Guys, I'm sorry, I've seen lots of love for this book, but it just was not for me, It's a shame because I was so THRILLED to have won it from Goodreads, I just could not get into it, I did not care for the characters at all, The writing style was not for me either, I also don't think the humor of the novel was the kind of humor that I enjoy, Even though I was not enjoying the novel I did want to give the book a longer shot, but there was one thing that majorly pissed me off.
I know that Wes and Corey are haters and that is their thing and that's completely fine, What I was not fine with however was when Wes was talking about how he used to like Kool and the Gang until Corey came along and told him they were cheesy.
Then Wes hated their music, Um, follower much I'm sorry, but I CAN'T stand it when people like things and then stop because someone else doesn't like it.
Well that made me be a hater towards Wes and I don't even care to find out if he eventually learns to just be himself or whatever.

LAME

Overall despite a promising premise and EXCELLENT cover The Haters just was not for me.
There was nothing good about it and so I DNF'd it, Perhaps this would be a good book for some out there, but I can't recommend it, I do recommend borrowing this one from the library if you are going to give it a shot though.

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Im bored and I dont care.
Theres nothing “wrong” with this book, The writing is fine but I just dont care about the characters and what theyre doing or why theyre doing it.
Im surprised by my feelings to be honest because I normally like road trip stories and typically enjoy plots centred around music.
But this one didnt hold my interest, Three: A road trip book packed with juvenile humor that made me laugh,

Wes and Corey are surrounded by dudes at jazz camp, They actually have no idea why they are there as they are mediocre musicians at best, It isn't a surprise when they land in the worst band at jazz camp, The one redemptive factor in the bad band is there is actually a chick, A girl who plays the guitar, Wes and Corey are both immediately attracted to this strange girl, and they even stick up for her, to the point that they kick themselves out of the band.
When Ash proposes they hit the road and ditch jazz camp, Corey and Wes don't hesitate, What follows is a hilarious road trip filled with mad cap adventures, bad music and life lessons, Will the trio get a good gig
What I Liked:
I was a big fan of Andrews debut novel, Me Earl and the Dying Girl, so I knew I had to read Haters his sophomore novel.
I enjoyed the juvenile humor and the eclectic writing style, and even though this one doesn't quite measure up to his first novel, it still made me laugh out loud.

The humor is what makes this novel shine, Mr. Andrews has his own unique writing style, He incorporates several forms of writing which make this book a mash up, For instance, you get hilarious, fake Wikipedia entries, movie script like dialogue, funny band name definitions, ridiculous song lyrics and so on.
I love the mad cap writing style, and the zany humor, This book made me giggle and snicker, Be warned, if you aren't a fan of male juvenile humor, especially dick harm jokes, you won't like this one as it is packed full of boy jokes.
I tend to have a deviant sense of humor, so I enjoyed it,
The other reason this book was fun was because it is a road trip book, This is a spur of the moment, fly by the seat of your pants road trip, It is a mad cap adventure with several zany encounters, I especially liked watching the gang try to book gigs, The end up playing at some interesting venues, like a Chinese restaurant,
Even thought the book has a light hearted, juvenile tone to it, there are several moments that are rather heart felt.
I liked exploring Wes and Corey's friendship, learning about Wes' dog, and watching them all struggle with growing up.

The ending is a bit sudden and rather open ended, but it is also realistic,
And The Not So Much:
Wes and Corey are music connoisseurs, and in fact, their friendship was built on their shared love of music.
It was kind of a let down that while on their epic road trip that they didn't take their music more seriously.
I could never tell whether there were moments when they were actually good or not, Was their music completely terrible
Ash is a bit frustrating, I really wanted to like her, but there is something off putting about her, I get she is angry at her parents and rebelling against her upbringing, but I wanted to peel back her layers and find the vulnerable girl underneath.
I kept hoping there would be a moment where she showed some true heart, but I never got to the point where I connected with her.

The middle of the book started to lag a bit, I didn't like the unnecessary conflict amongst the group, I also thought that situations started to get a little far fetched,
I was expecting this to end with an impactful life lesson or a take away message, but that doesn't happen either.
Don't go into this one looking for a life changing read,
Be warned this book is packed full of male humor, i, e. dick jokes, it also has sex, drinking, drug use etc, Definitely a book for more mature teens,

Haters is not a book for everyone, It will appeal to a select audiences, mainly those with a deviant sense of humor, It made me laugh. I always appreciate Mr. Andrews entertaining and eclectic writing style, However, this was a book that fell short for me, It didn't quite measure up to Me, Earl and the Dying Girl, Still if you want a light hearted book that will make you giggle, give it a try,

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
All opinions are my own, and I was not compensated for or this review,
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Jesse Andrews second novel, "The Haters," may be even better than his debut, "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl," which is saying a lot.

Stocked in the Teen Fiction section at Barnes amp Nobles, this comingofage story sends its teen protagonists on an independencefueled music tour filled with drugs, sex, violence and the grisly but not too grisly consequences of those decisions.
It stays funny throughout the story with both sophomoric and enlightened jokes,
If this book doesn't make you feel like you've wasted your life and never truly lived, then, well, that's probably more of a reflection on you and your life choices.
It's just a book, after all, And its probably better to live vicariously through these characters than to actually do what they did because they have the benefit of being fictional and therefore not truly in harm's way.

It's worth noting that the book has a bunch of esoteric music references that you do not need to know to appreciate it.
If you know Kool and the Gang, then you know enough to enjoy this book, Read it.
Thank you. DNF at about. I'm surprised I made it this far with all the dick jokes and strange dialogue, The synopsis of the story sounded promising, but I didn't see any of that in the story, The characters were hard to connect with and I wasn't sure where the whole thing was going, I might go back later to see what happens, but I'm not sure yet,

Thanks to NetGalley, ABRAM Kids, and Amulet Books for the ARC, This book was hilarious. If you dug the humour in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, I don't doubt you'll laugh out loud at this one too.
It was very teenage boy raunchy and rambly and I was all about it,

The story followsteenagers at band camp, who early in the book decide to "escape" and go on their own tour problem is, they are aday old band and have a lot to learn about their music, each other and even themselves.
It's a fun, funny story but with some backbone, My favourite thing about it was the way the story was told, The pacing of it was so great, kept me interested, and also had these really quirky little extras lists and charts and references to Youtube videos to check out it was so solidly written and those little additions brought it to another level.


I have to say, this book would make an incredible movie and I really hope it happens.
It felt very Me and Earl meets Paper Towns, You've got dorky boys, the unattainable girl, a road trip, but then throw in some great musical references and band performances.
Oh and throw in some more sex and drugs it kind of reminded me of the humour vibe that Superbad has.
It was a grand, cinematic feeling narrative overall and I'm obsessed with the friendship between Wes and Corey, but also of course how the dynamic changed with Ash thrown into the mix.
The friendships and relationships felt so authentic and as far as male teenage narrators go, this was one of the most convincing I've read.


The music aspect of the story was perfectly done, There was enough band discussion to make sure it felt like the main storyline, but not so overly described that it would be polarizing band geeks and non band geeks alike can appreciate the story.
I was in school band foryears and jazz band forbut that is not at all what drew me to this story or why I enjoyed it so much.
In fact, I pretty much hated jazz band baritone saxophone, and lemme tell you I was terrrrrrible and thus was not prepared to appreciate the jazz references

and elements of this.
But since the narrator was so authentic, I felt myself relating to him and caring about his interests regardless of my own personal feelings towards them.
I also LOVED all the kooky characters they met along the way, The situations they ended up in and the places they played their music at were so atmospheric that I could totally picture being there right along side them.


I was so prepared to give this a/but somewhere in the last quarter of the novel it started to slow down in the hilarity.
And not in a "let's make the switch from humour to a solid life lesson" way that novels often do but rather it just got kind of dull.
It felt like maybe the author didn't quite know how what ending he wanted until he got there, and just kinda threw it together.


Overall, I highly recommend this, Jesse Andrew's brand of humour is not for everyone, but I would say for certain that especially if you enjoyed his debut novel, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this will also be right up your alley.


I was sent an ARC of this book via Netgalley and ABRAMS KIDS for review purposes.
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