Saturday, June 09, 2007

2007 book 80

Larry Doyle's I Love You, Beth Cooper
EW gave this a rave and Evan Dorkin did the cover and chapter heading art, so I've been looking forward to this for a while. Unfortunately, it was really stupid, trite, etc. It's all about the night of high school graduation, after the valedictorian (the stereotypical loser nerd) confesses his love for the head cheerleader during his speech, inciting the rage of her Army boyfriend. Wacky adventures ensue--think classic 90s comedy "Can't Hardly Wait" without cool subplots like Lauren Ambrose and Seth Green macking in a bathroom--until the entirely predictable ending. D.

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