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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22539.Hairstyles_of_the_Damned?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Hairstyles of the Damned" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167351338m/22539.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22539.Hairstyles_of_the_Damned?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Hairstyles of the Damned</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/12851.Joe_Meno">Joe Meno</a> 
 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6221782?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
 rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed reading this book, but it felt a little simplistic to me. Meno uses language throughout that is very typical of a teenager (like, I mean, maybe, etc) which is fine and doesn’t really bother me but I could see some people getting annoyed. It’s a definite voice technique and if you stripped that away, what would you have? But I like the way the chapters are very short and just move from scene to scene. And the kid is overall very likable. And there’s some good points to be made about teens, punk, conformity, etc, but I’m not sure how complex the author is at presenting these issues.
 
 ***SPOILER ALERT***
 
 And there are some things that I don’t agree with at all. Like why Meno skipped over the details of the protagonist losing his virginity. Especially since this is a sex-crazed teenager and has revealed other things to us, masturbating, thoughts of sex, etc, but when we get to that scene, there were no deets whatsoever. I thought maybe we’d get back to them at the end, but nope. I'm thinking that maybe it was a publishing decision (possibly this book is aimed at a younger audience) but if that's the case, then I'm sorry the author had to butcher his work.
 
 I can’t say I’m too happy with the ending. The last few pages are just summarizing all his thoughts in a kind of tidy way and then the final image is of him going over to his friend/love interest after she’s been crying. It does take place in scene, which I like. But I don’t have too many examples of books with really strong endings. Not that it has to be explosive… but I would’ve liked something else. 
 
 Overall, I like the structure (short chapters and a very few instances where the texts breaks into columns) and the details of high school life, etc, very fast-pasted, easy to read, entertaining for the most part, I just wanted it to go deeper or move further at the end.
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Alika's review
rating:
bookshelves: fiction
recommended for: Punk-rock misfits who don't give you the juicy details

I enjoyed reading this book, but it felt a little simplistic to me. Meno uses language throughout that is very typical of a teenager (like, I mean, maybe, etc) which is fine and doesn’t really bother me but I could see some people getting annoyed. It’s a definite voice technique and if you stripped that away, what would you have? But I like the way the chapters are very short and just move from scene to scene. And the kid is overall very likable. And there’s some good points to be made about teens, punk, conformity, etc, but I’m not sure how complex the author is at presenting these issues.

***SPOILER ALERT***

And there are some things that I don’t agree with at all. Like why Meno skipped over the details of the protagonist losing his virginity. Especially since this is a sex-crazed teenager and has revealed other things to us, masturbating, thoughts of sex, etc, but when we get to that scene, there were no deets whatsoever. I thought maybe we’d get back to them at th...more

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