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Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp (Youth in Revolt #2)
by
C.D. Payne
Move over Bridget Jones. Nick Twisp is back. In Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp America's own comic diarist returns with more riotous adventures through the land mines of 21st century adolescence. This sequel to C.D. Payne's epic-length first-novel Youth in Revolt finds love-struck Nick Twisp still on the lam from the law and his parents.Our 14-year-old...more
Paperback, 278 pages
Published
October 24th 2000
by Aivia Press
(first published October 1st 2000)
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It's taken me a while to put together my thoughts and opinion about C.D. Payne's sequel to Youth In Revolt.
When we last left Nick Twisp, he had successfully hooked up with the love of his life, all the while completely estranging himself from his family, hunted by the FBI, a lost inheritance, a found fortune and adventures in crossdressing.
Revolting Youth picks up right where the first book left off. Nick is still stuck in a dress, but with his lovely girlfriend. Then all hell breaks loose. Ag...more
When we last left Nick Twisp, he had successfully hooked up with the love of his life, all the while completely estranging himself from his family, hunted by the FBI, a lost inheritance, a found fortune and adventures in crossdressing.
Revolting Youth picks up right where the first book left off. Nick is still stuck in a dress, but with his lovely girlfriend. Then all hell breaks loose. Ag...more
After reading Youth in Revolt I was so hyped to read this second installment of these wonderful books. However I was very very disapointed by this book. So different from the first and so far fatched. Really would you get plastic sergery to hid from the cops and to be with your love for the rest of your life. I think he went a little to far for the love of this girl and boy I felt sorry for him by the end of the book. The funny thing is I still cant wait to read the third installment of these bo...more
"This is the direct sequel to Youth in Revolt by Payne and it is a great follow up but probably delivers the same kind of stuff the first novel had. The only reason it isn't up to par to the first is because the first novel was actually three volumes and this novel is just one thus you only get so much from it. There are more interesting things happening as Nick meets more interesting characters but the plot is a continuation from the first as he tries his hardest to get Sheeni all to himself.
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I wish that I could give this 3.5 stars, as 3 doesn't seem to be enough, but 4 seems too generous. Though not nearly as fun as the first book, Revolting Youth is a hilarious continuation of Nick Twisp's crazy adventures as a sex-obsessed teenager. His continuing troubled romance with Sheeni, his run-ins with the law and school officials, and his money problems are just as present in this book as they were in the first. And Nick's mastery of the English language makes the book a delight to read,...more
It's kind of impossible for a sequel to be better than the original.
That being said, Revolting Youth was just as engrossing to read as the first one was! But it's half the length, so it didn't provide me with a full week of escapism into the teenage exploits of Nick Twisp (aka Nick Dillinger aka Rick Hunter) as did Youth In Revolt.
It also ends in a way which sets it up for a third book, which I'll probably be reading very soon. But it feels like a sloppy ending.
That being said, Revolting Youth was just as engrossing to read as the first one was! But it's half the length, so it didn't provide me with a full week of escapism into the teenage exploits of Nick Twisp (aka Nick Dillinger aka Rick Hunter) as did Youth In Revolt.
It also ends in a way which sets it up for a third book, which I'll probably be reading very soon. But it feels like a sloppy ending.
After finishing Youth in Revolt I was going to restart tackling the Western Canon once again. But I couldn't pass up this smaller sequel. Much of what makes Youth in Revolt an enjoyable book carries over. However, the series starts to suffer from its own material. The increasingly bizarre scenarios started to jolt me from my immersion in the Twispian atopia. Overall, another fun book and not a bad sequel. But I think I'm ready to move on.
i loved "youth in revolt" and this book moves just as quickly and made me laugh out loud just as much. c.d. payne's books are always good to read when your brain is feeling too sluggish to actually read. they most fast and are addictive like crack.
It didn't have the charm and magic of the first one but that is not to say this is not a great book. I think CD Payne does a great job following up the first book right where it left off. Read it.
A very quick and entertaining read. I was glad to read more about Nick Twisp after the abrupt ending of the first book. I did have some issues with the end of this one, but I really liked the book.
Still fun but Nick's shtick is starting to get pretty weird and abstract. I would read the third book, but I'm not expecting much from the third in the series.
Unsurprising, the second installment in the Nick Twisp Journals does not disappoint. It will make you laugh out loud. You will not be able to put it down.
I really loved Youth in Revolt, but I didn't find this book as compelling. It was still a fun read, just not as great as the original.
Brought a little less to the table than "Youth In Revolt" but still pretty darn funny.
Funny book, not as funny as the other ones, but still a good funny book.
Not as good as the first, but still a fun and wacky look at adolescence.
Dec 19, 2008
Ashley
marked it as to-read
I have to read this book its the sequal to youth in revolt YES!!!!!
Not as good as "Youth in Revolt", but still worth the read.
A fair enough sequel but sub-par to it's predecessor.
A must-read companion to Youth in Revolt.
Not as funny as the first, but still worth it....
Great sequel to Youth in Revolt.
need more twisp!!!!!!
A slight sequel to the excellent Youth in Revolt, Revolting Youth would almost have to pale in comparison to C.D. Payne's first gigantic novel telling of the ups and downs of teenager Nick Twisp. Revolting Youth is a third of the size of the former novel and while the book packs quite a bit of story into its pages, comparison with YiR is gonna levy a letdown.
It's a fun book and it's nice to see where the characters are after we left them in the last novel, but (for me at least) the magic wasn't...more
It's a fun book and it's nice to see where the characters are after we left them in the last novel, but (for me at least) the magic wasn't...more
Just excellent.
I suppose there are two reasons to revisit characters and settings from a pervious and well received book if you’re an author. The first being because they are so attached the characters that giving them another book feels right the other is to cash on the pervious book’s success. I feel like this book which was basically unnecessary falls into the latter. Though still, if you like erectile humor by all means read away. Plus having read Youth in Revolt don’t you just have to read this?
This book is ridiculous. About halfway through I got really angry about Nicks new diguise, but I was over that about 5 pages later. These books are so well written and wild, that I can't stay mad for long- no matter what happens. Also, dump Sheeni!
Part of the charm of Youth in Revolt was the absurd-but-not-quite-downright-unbelievable exploits of its protagonist.
Revolting Youth crosses that line more than once, becoming, at times, just a little too outlandish and far-fetched for its own good. Though a fraction of the length of its predecessor, it feels longer and more randomly cobbled-together.
...and yet, all the same, by the end it's impossible not to admit that it was kind of fun along the way.
Revolting Youth crosses that line more than once, becoming, at times, just a little too outlandish and far-fetched for its own good. Though a fraction of the length of its predecessor, it feels longer and more randomly cobbled-together.
...and yet, all the same, by the end it's impossible not to admit that it was kind of fun along the way.
Viva Twist!
If you like the Youth in Revolt this short sequel indulges you in the further adventures of Nick Twisp and doesn't disappoint.
Jun 19, 2008
Bianca
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone looking for a fun read and has read the previous book
continuation of Life in Revolt. More teen angst! Funny but more and more far fetched and completely unbelievable and unrealistic but a fun read none the less. The idea that "kids" would have the access, the knowledge or the luck that these kids have in their expeditions is so unbelievable. On the other hand, I like the authors great imagination and sense of humor. Dry and raunchy...just like me ;O)
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Author and showman C.D. Payne was born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 (making him a contemporary of Richard Gere and Meryl Streep). He spent his early years in West Virginia and southern Ohio, moving back to Akron while still a mere tot.
He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to Ca...more
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He went to public schools in Akron, and then graduated from Harvard College, where he majored in history and participated in the annual spring riot. In 1971 he moved to Ca...more
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