The November Criminals: A novel: Amazon.ca: Munson, Sam: Books.
Start by marking “The November Criminals” as Want to Read: This is also what I expected because you find out he is writing this story as an essay. Please see your welcome email for exclusions and details. It really honestly put me to sleep. No. Instead Sam Munson takes it in a different direction and makes the novel about Addison’s self discovery; him figuring out who he is, his faults, and what type of person he wants to be.
Suddenly it's 5AM and I've finished the book, that's what! Who really wants to read/listen to a 17 year old go on and on about his life? Here, the setting is Washington, D.C. in the fall of 1999, as teenage pot-dealer and Latin whiz Addison slogs his way through senior year of the Gifted and Talented program at his local high school (a very thinly veiled version of D.C.'s real Wilson High School). I could have missed something but he really didn’t do anything, or realize anything major. [return][return]The story itself isn't that great, either. There's plenty happening, but the way it's told meant I'm not engaged or interested. Addison can't stop thinking about who killed Kevin and why. YAWN. I'm terrible at quitting on a story, but I'm not sure I'll finish this, though I am over half way through. When presented with For a high school senior, Addison Schacht has a lot of preoccupations. I’ve never in my life read a book with such an unlikable narrator. This seems to be a revenge novel and he gets his digs at his long ago high school teachers and DC in general. Munson is just "too cool for school" I had an intrinsic interest in this book -- I generally love books by first time writers and the author went to Wilson High School about the time my children attended. I never could relate to this book, the main character or what the author was trying to convey. He begins to look back on his life so far and considers what getting into college, selling some pot to his classmates, his relationship with his best friend-not girlfriend-Digger, Virgil's Aeneid, and his growing obsession with the murder of a classmate, Kevin Broadus, all mean. 038553227X Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders Try Prime Cart. Addison criticized Noel for doing it, so I was hoping this was something he would realize he was guilty of as well. This seems to be a revenge novel and he gets his digs at his long ago high school teachers and DC in general. The narrative style is frustrating with a lot of irrelevant details, and the use of colloquialisms and the word 'like' might make the dialogue more realistic, but it also makes it harder to read. A young boy Addison Schacht tells his story. Skip to main content.ca Try Prime Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders Try Prime Cart. I could see why some would be turned off by Addison’s character. It did bother me a bit but I’m also impressed Munson was able to make that type of character work in a coming of age type novel. His complicated relationship with his best friend (NOT his girlfriend) Digger. "What are your best and worst qualities?
I, however, loved it. Skip to main content. The fact that he’s a stoner and uses dumbed-down language (might I add he constantly says ‘like’) could spoil the book.
But Addison, the main character, is such a misanthrope (and at such a young age) I was simply put off by his ramblings. Eighteen-year-old Addison is a bad boy he was a drug dealer selling small-to-medium amounts of weed to calm rich kids. Especially closer to the end of the book, where you think you’re finally going to find out who Kevin’s killer is. The plot wasn’t solidified and it moved about in different directions. Digger Zeleny was not his girlfriend, she doesn't want a boyfriend and Addison don't want a girlfriend. Simon and Schuster, New York, 2010. Salinger" (The Chicago Tribune). This is the essay question Addison Schacht has to answer to gain a place at his chosen university. Salinger for giving antisocial misfits the license to mistake their narcissistic behaviors for literary, cultural gold then I'd avoid this book at all costs.So, I just found out I won a copy. Skip to main content. First, throughout the novel I kept thinking “annndd, so what?” With this question came the realization that there wasn’t really a problem that the character needed to solve. The tale is a meandering, unfocused, impulsive, self-interrupting tale that really manages to feel like a quirky, gifted teenager is telling it. There is no middle ground and the ratings online reflect this. To create our lis...For a high school senior, Addison Schacht has a lot of preoccupations. But if you were already pissed at J.D.
I've seen a few reviews comparing it to Catcher in the Rye, which is one of my least favourite books ever, and I can see where they're coming from -- Addison is frustrating, whiny, and thinks himself so different to the world around him when really he's just annoying. Munson is just "too cool for school" and his self-consciously hipster ethic doesn't wear well.I kept waiting for the book to get good, it never happened. The realizations Addison makes at the end are not that grand... if he even makes any. The ending was lackluster. We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day. Unvarnished and rude, erudite and obscure, by turns: The November Criminals challenges complicated things like grief tourism, racism, and the the benign neglect inherent in gifted education.Honestly it was not a book I enjoyed, the story was sloppy and pointless. Published