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| Original Title: | Doing It |
| ISBN: | 0805080791 (ISBN13: 9780805080797) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2004), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Jugendbuch (2005), Booktrust Teenage Prize Shortlist (2003) |
Melvin Burgess
Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 3.29 | 2843 Users | 246 Reviews
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| Title | : | Doing It |
| Author | : | Melvin Burgess |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | May 2nd 2006 by Henry Holt & Company (first published April 30th 2003) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Teen. Romance |
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Now in paperback, award-winning author Melvin Burgess's daringly honest and often hilarious account of contemporary teenage life, and the ups and downs that surround "doing it." The controversial book on which the cult favorite ABC television series Life as We Know It (now available on DVD) was based, Doing It introduces us to Dino, Jon, and Ben, three teenage best friends who can't stop thinking about, and talking about (and hoping to experience), sex.Rating Epithetical Books Doing It
Ratings: 3.29 From 2843 Users | 246 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books Doing It
When I say "I couldn't put it down," I mean it. I was glued to the couch and read his book from start to finish, and was sorry when it was done. I laughed, I gasped in horror, I bit my nails with worry. Not many novels do that for me. The book shares the mindset and voice of the incredible British TV show SKINS. So much so that I was convinced Burgess was a co-creator of the series, but this seems not to be. Like SKINS, DOING IT follows the lives of a group of Brit teens as they obsess aboutThere are very few (If any seeing as I can't think of any others) dealing with this topic, that are written from the guys POV. It was good to know that some of the thoughts that were going on in side these characters heads were some of the same that have crossed my mind. I guess I am normal. lol The book starts out with the 3 main characters playing a sort of game where they have to pick between two very unlikely candidates to shag (have sex with). Being that this is a discussion I too have
I didn't expect this book to be life changing or teach me anything or make me feel any certain kind of way. But it looks hilarious, and I heard it was hilarious. I wanted to read a light book from the perspective of boy's because you never really get to read from the mind of a guy, written by a guy, about sex. You always hear "Guys love sex", which is very true even in this case, but you get to read more about it and the mindset they have about everything.I really liked the beginning of the book
This is not another 2* review for this book because I found it too crude or shocking. If anything, I thought Burgess representation of the teenage male mind was accurate. The problem with this book lies in the fact that beyond its portrayal of the crudeness and immaturity of teenage males there is nothing to this book; it reads like a poorly written episode of hollyoaks.
Early on in Doing It we learn that teenage boys are kinda gross and think about sex more than anything else.Then we learn that they actually have depth and feelings and stuff. (But a lot of the depth and feelings and stuff pretty much revovle around sex.) This is a cute book. Imagine Judy Blume for boys. Well, for those of you at a certain age *ahem* for whom Judy Blume was not horribly cheesy and outdated, imagine... you know. All of the shocking sexual activities probably has a more profound
Raunchy and funny.Year of Pub: 2004Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, New York, NYBooklist( June 01, 2004 ; 0-8050-7565-8 )Gr. 10 and up. Burgess' third novel follows three best mates as they shag, attempt to shag, try to get out of shagging, masturbate while contemplating shagging, and then shag some more. Ben is sleeping with his obsessive drama teacher; Jon finds himself irresistibly attracted to Deborah, who would be perfect if her pudginess didn't make him subject to ridicule; and Dino,
Just looking through the list to find the edition that I read (right cover is very important) and I see that this cover is rather less risque than some! This book is, I suppose, technically YA but could easily be read and enjoyed by adults - especially those looking to recall the angst and joy of being seventeen. The book has multiple narrators but it is based around a friendship grouping of three seventeen-year-old boys: DIno, Ben and Jonathon with smaller contributions from various girls they
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