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Geektastic by Holly Black

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May 31, 11

bookshelves: short-stories, ya-like, dragony-dragons
Read in May, 2011

Decent stories, but the geekiness was often so specific to online gaming or star trek/wars that I felt kind of alienated (punnn). Someone else's review commented on the prevalence of drinking, but I was more troubled by the prevalence of geeky revenge and/or cruelty. Like the paleontologist-aspiring-girl...that story was so enjoyable until the verrrry end. And the quizbowl antichrist was, at first, irksome because of the protagonist's persistent teasing. David Levithan made a point of that geeky aggression, though, and that story (along with John Green's) ended up being among my favorites.

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Cameron I completely agree with the dinosaur one! What the geek in that story did to the bully, no matter how awful she may have been, was uncalled for. After she got her revenge, which was SO illegal, I thought the author might take it on a new direction, and show that the bully had a reason she was so cruel. It could of had a good message (although her revenge tactic should have been something else) but instead, the author just gave geeks a bad name. Aren't we supposed to outwit people when planning revenge, rather than being just as bad- if not worse- than any other bully has been towards us?


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