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83rd out of 195 books
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133 voters
Run the Game
by
Jason Myers
In this gritty novel from the author of Exit Here and Dead End, love is a high-priced and dangerous game: Play or be played.Alexander didn’t believe in love at first sight until he met Patti. She’s the kind of girl you hear about in songs: gorgeous, feisty, and dangerous. Being with Patti is better than any high, and he can’t live without her.
But Alexander’s not the only...more
But Alexander’s not the only...more
Hardcover, 544 pages
Published
June 12th 2012
by Simon Pulse
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"The first time I ever got picked up at the A-LOT, I was nervous as fuck. I ain't a homo. Putting that shit in your mouth. Slamming or getting slammed up the ass. Shit makes me wanna fucking vomit. Sends fucking shivers down my spine and shit"
So I recently re-read my 'review' and realized it was kinda all over the place and just well, sloppy. Since I don't really care enough to spend time writing a whole new review, here are some quick reasons why I did not like Run the Game..
-It's marketed towa...more
So I recently re-read my 'review' and realized it was kinda all over the place and just well, sloppy. Since I don't really care enough to spend time writing a whole new review, here are some quick reasons why I did not like Run the Game..
-It's marketed towa...more
A decent book for the ADULT audience
I am not into censorship. I believe that an author has a right to write anything he or she wants. What I do have a problem against is the age group that those works are aimed at. Run the Game SHOULD NOT BE A YOUNG ADULT BOOK. The f-word count reached 212 on page 90 (I stopped counting after that) and the descriptions are extremely graphic. (Not just blood, if you get my drift)
Jason Myers is famous for his gritty writing, and Run the Game is a prime example of...more
I am not into censorship. I believe that an author has a right to write anything he or she wants. What I do have a problem against is the age group that those works are aimed at. Run the Game SHOULD NOT BE A YOUNG ADULT BOOK. The f-word count reached 212 on page 90 (I stopped counting after that) and the descriptions are extremely graphic. (Not just blood, if you get my drift)
Jason Myers is famous for his gritty writing, and Run the Game is a prime example of...more
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It's simple. You either love this book or you hate it. I loved it. The fact that people are getting mad at how grapic it is, read reviews before you buy it!! Jason Myers is known for his grafic, sex, drugs books. I love books like these. The end of the book is kind of predictable. But it made me sad still.. haha. I'd reccomend it to friends if I knew they liked these kind of books. I've read all four of his books (HUGE fan of Exit here. By far my favorite book) But I can't wait until his next bo...more
This book is discusting and has absolutely no redeeming qualities about it from the first page to the last page. The descriptions of the sexual encounters are just so wrong that I cannot help but to think the author left cutting edge and fell into I am going for broke. The supposed love story between the two main characters is a joke. If you enjoyed this book I have serious concerns about your morale character due to the graphic descriptions ie: violence, sex/anal sex, rape, sodomy and drug abus...more
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Every character in this book is a cliche and I just hate them so much. Reading this also made me personally hate the author because I think he actually thinks Alexander is likable but unless you're some lame teenager trying to live some fantasy you'd hate him. And seriously-who writes himself into a book? Honestly? Plugging your own novel? Pathetic. Ugh. I wish I could wash this book off.
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Despite the extremely negative responses most readers are giving to this book, I happened to enjoy reading it. In a rush but in need of a book, I ran into Barnes and Noble and grabbed the first book I saw, which was this one, and another book by this author, Dead End. I can honestly say that this book is definitely one of the most explicit I have ever read; if you cannot handle graphic scenes, this book is not for you. I am of a young age, but handle books at a higher maturity level, and this bo...more
Feb 01, 2013
Andrea
is currently reading it
I haven't finished this book yet, but from all of the reviews I've found on this site about this book, I had to post something.
I don't really understand why most of the reviews rate the book 1 star just because of what the book is about. Okay, I get it, a lot of you felt uncomfortable, but it wouldn't be fair to an author for a book to be trashed just because of what the book is about.
For starters, the book is about a drug addict who falls in love with a 14-year-old prostitute. That's literally...more
I don't really understand why most of the reviews rate the book 1 star just because of what the book is about. Okay, I get it, a lot of you felt uncomfortable, but it wouldn't be fair to an author for a book to be trashed just because of what the book is about.
For starters, the book is about a drug addict who falls in love with a 14-year-old prostitute. That's literally...more
I definitely understand what some people are saying by this book having no redeeming qualities. However, the only reason I somewhat enjoyed this book is because it explains a perception of life in a world I never knew existed. It definitely gave me another view that, unfortunately, is a reality for some people. The author very accurately, in my opinion, managed to capture the mindset of a nineteen-year-old drug addict. The profanity, uneducated, and rather misogynistic tone is exactly how I'd im...more
Oct 04, 2012
Kirsti Wright
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Anyone
Recommended to Kirsti by:
My best friend
Frankly, I see most of the reviews that I've read to be based off of stupidity, and closed-mindedness. I'm 17 years old, and I know a good book when I read it. It's not because I live a life like that, or even want to. But people do go through this. There are people that are power-hungry like Lars, or Burke. There are also people that fall in love daily. Jason went beyond what was expected of him. you may not see a 14-year old prostitute, and 19-year old junkie fall in love, but he symbolized it...more
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I read a lot of YA fiction because I teach high school English, and I like to make recommendations to my students. I am not a prude--sex, drugs, and rock and roll do not offend me; however, this book really isn't appropriate for high school teenagers. Every chapter seems to include extremely graphic descriptions of sex, sodomy, prostitution, torture, violence, and drugs. I think the editor could have deleted half of the scenes, and the book may have held together for a younger audience. As it is...more
Dec 05, 2012
Lindsey
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
No one
Recommended to Lindsey by:
A friend
Jason Myers is a GREAT author, but this book did him no justice. It was not a good book at all. Alexander, the main character, had no emotional attachment to anything except for maybe his penis (pardon me excuse me). All he talked about were drugs and sex. Let me know how he loved Patti after a few minutes of knowing her. They shared no connection. The sex in this book was downright uninteresting and mostly disgusting. The story didn't piece together the way that it should have. The characters w...more
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Dec 30, 2012
May Greene
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Young Adults
Recommended to May by:
No one
I was very surprised to find that this book was about young teenagers hooked on drugs, and living a hard life. When i bought the book I'd expected it to be about a boy and a girl in school falling in love, like most teen-books. I agree that this is nothing like teen-books I've read. It is so violent in it's descriptions, however teens are doing this everyday. It was a fantastic book and Jason Meyers wrote it very well. The beginning is very confusing, and the ending lead a sense of dread in my h...more
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Jason Myers is one of my favorite authors. While browsing in a book store, I discovered he came out with a new book called "Run The Game." I purchased it and read it. This book started off very good. The first page really sucks the reader in. And Jason Myers does a fantastic job of keeping the reader interested. Each page mentions information the reader wants and needs to know. This novel contains many ups and downs. It's a very edgy book. "Run The Game" is classified as a you...more
Jason Myers is one of my favorite authors. While browsing in a book store, I discovered he came out with a new book called "Run The Game." I purchased it and read it. This book started off very good. The first page really sucks the reader in. And Jason Myers does a fantastic job of keeping the reader interested. Each page mentions information the reader wants and needs to know. This novel contains many ups and downs. It's a very edgy book. "Run The Game" is classified as a you...more
This was not the best book I've ever read, actually, it's probably the worst. The summary of the book on the back is very misleading. It does not tell you it is a gritty novel which I think personally, would have changed my mind about reading it.
Also, Jason Myers, the author, writes himself into the book. Who does that? He talked about him self and mentioned another one of his books, The Mission, in a chapter of the book. Could your ego be any bigger?
The ending is also terribly predictable. No...more
Also, Jason Myers, the author, writes himself into the book. Who does that? He talked about him self and mentioned another one of his books, The Mission, in a chapter of the book. Could your ego be any bigger?
The ending is also terribly predictable. No...more
To everyone saying horrible things about this book... YOU HAVE TO LIKE THR STYLE OF WRITTING. Jason Myers writes very detailed graphic scenese. That's his style..... If you don't like that style...don't read the books. Its directed towards young audience's, no I wouldn't refined this book to anyone's under the age of 18... but I read all three books that best previously written a d love all 3 of them and am reading this one now. People are so fast to say bad things about all the graphics or what...more
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Admittedly I only fully read like the first 20 pages. But I think that was enough. I can honestly say I believed I wasted 10$ on this. Don't waste yours!
To be honest though, I skimmed all the way through it after those 20 pages then got to the final 20 pages and read those, seems like the ending got pretty interesting, just too bad the book is like 400 pages of things that don't seem interesting enough for me to bother reading it all the way through.
Buy it if you want to read something that's li...more
To be honest though, I skimmed all the way through it after those 20 pages then got to the final 20 pages and read those, seems like the ending got pretty interesting, just too bad the book is like 400 pages of things that don't seem interesting enough for me to bother reading it all the way through.
Buy it if you want to read something that's li...more
I believed It was an amazing heartbreaking tale....and first off I'm gonna say some people were right as being labelled a young adult novel..but at the same time , it should be... I mean most of these low reviews are basically Parents themselves. but as a young adult myself, I believe this give us a depiction of real life, because in real life, there are NO happy endings. But My opinion on the book is that I felt bad for Alexander in the ending, because he was blinded by love. But then again, he...more
I loved this book. And I'm only fifteen. I love how he writes his books, and every one he's written has been apart of my top five favorite books. He writes gritty stories, THAT'S WHAT HE DOES. Don't read it if you are easily offended or grossed out because he likes to write that way. He doesn't take a story and turn it into innocence like most authors do. He doesn't sugarcoat anything, simply just writes want he wants too. He's a great author, and this is a great book. I found Alex hilarious in...more
I am a avid reader and let me just say this must have been the most raunchiest, disturbing book I have ever read. I understand this is Myers' way of writing but come on, he literally used the F-word in every sentence, this is completely unacceptable being that I came across this book in the young adult section in Barnes and Noble twice. Unfortunately I made it to the end of this novel and I can say that it was not worth it, the traumatic sex scenes and Myers way of writing was not in my slightes...more
I have read his previous books and enjoyed them all. I especially liked Dead End because I felt that the story had a heart and I really enjoyed the plot and the action. It hurts me to give this book such a low review, but I have a lot of problems with it. One of them being the labeling of this novel as a Young Adult book. I am conflicted in my disapproval of this, because at the same time I know that kids now are saturated with sex and drugs. It's the sad truth. Are there kids like Patti out the...more
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Jun 20, 2012
Taylor
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
psychology/drug abuse/addiction adults in the work field
Wow, where to begin.
First of all I would recommend this to people 18 and over only. Jason Myers is known for his raw writing style and images. I don't think this book should be put into middle school or high school libraries just because the parent backlash would be incredible and not worth the fight. (I'm against censorship but...this is adult material).
I've read all of Myers other books. Honestly, some of the content is shocking but it is realistic. People go through these situations every da...more
First of all I would recommend this to people 18 and over only. Jason Myers is known for his raw writing style and images. I don't think this book should be put into middle school or high school libraries just because the parent backlash would be incredible and not worth the fight. (I'm against censorship but...this is adult material).
I've read all of Myers other books. Honestly, some of the content is shocking but it is realistic. People go through these situations every da...more
Ugh. This book was a complete and utter mess.
Alexander Franklin is a nineteen year old junkie loser, who wants to be a rock star in New York. He goes to the A-Lot, a pick-up location for prostitues, to make money to buy drugs, and on one of these pick-ups, he meets Patti Smith, a fourteen year old prostitute, and he instantly falls in love with her. However, Raymond Burke ruthlessly controls the town of Beaver Falls (I know, what kind of name is that?), and the police are in his back pocket, so...more
Alexander Franklin is a nineteen year old junkie loser, who wants to be a rock star in New York. He goes to the A-Lot, a pick-up location for prostitues, to make money to buy drugs, and on one of these pick-ups, he meets Patti Smith, a fourteen year old prostitute, and he instantly falls in love with her. However, Raymond Burke ruthlessly controls the town of Beaver Falls (I know, what kind of name is that?), and the police are in his back pocket, so...more
Feb 11, 2013
Tanya
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
ya-reads,
read-in-2013
Wow! This book was crazy! I was not entirely surprised having read Exit Here. This is meant to be a love story, but a twisted one. A 19-year-old junkie hipster falls in love with a 14-year-old hooker with a heart of gold. Mix in a lot of drugs, dealers, raunchy sex, music, and the Indiana indie rock scene and you have this book. Most of the characters are chasing an escape or dream of their own. This is definitely one of those "window" books-what it is like in someone's world. Never want to be i...more
Feb 19, 2013
Joshua Morris
added it
518 pages of complete bullshit. I had high hopes for this book until I was half-way through. But like a train wreck, I had to keep watching. Jason Myers is probably one of the most narcissistic writers ever, having enough bravery mentioning himself in his own novel. Chock full of hipsters and shitty music, this book was a fail.
There really isn't anything positive I can say about this book. The characters were horrible, the fact that "and Sh**" was added at the end of 60% of the sentences annoyed me, and that there were details that were added that really didn't benefit the story in anyway. The only thing I liked was the mentioning of the band from Exit Here, but that was quickly overshadowed by the author writing himself into the book...it made absolutely no sense. I was very disappointed because I usually find Jason...more
This book wasn't boring. But it was pretty stupid. I liked reading it, but at the same time there was a lot of moments where I was just like, "Wait, that doesn't make sense." Books about sex, drugs and rock n' roll are always interesting to me, how their emotions run and all that. That these kids can have a different perspective than how other people might see things. I enjoyed reading it, but it still had a lot of stupid parts to it. Especially the end of it.
Raw, hardcore, not for the conservative or faint at heart. That being said, I LOVED it! This book takes a huge turn somewhere that you really don't want it to go...about a wanna-be band member teenager and his struggles with drugs, sex, rock-n-roll, friendships and relationships. Can't wait to read more from this author!
Horrendous story and writing. I wish I hadn't wasted my time on this book. Books should make you feel as if you are gaining knowledge, this book made me feel as if I was killing brain cells. Definitely will not be reading another Jason Myers book.
Not a bad start to the story a young guy who is caught up in the drug/sex/music scene but quickly becomes unrealistic and our main character is very stupid. Hated the ending. Will not read another Jason Myers anytime soon.
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Jason Myers was born in 1980 and raised on a farm ten miles outside of the small town of Dysart, Iowa. After
he graduated high school, he moved to San Francisco where he studied
film at the Academy of Art University. It was there, after taking a
Screenwriting 3 class that he met and studied under the inspiring instructor
and author James Dalessandro. James helped Myers grasp the value of
having great s...more
More about Jason Myers...
he graduated high school, he moved to San Francisco where he studied
film at the Academy of Art University. It was there, after taking a
Screenwriting 3 class that he met and studied under the inspiring instructor
and author James Dalessandro. James helped Myers grasp the value of
having great s...more
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