This book is brilliant.
The protagonist does not develop in any way and the novel is completely unapologetic about it.
I must take exception to most of the negative reviews out there simply because
the point they are trying to make is silly - the main character not maturing in any way displeased them - didn't they read the title of the book before cracking page one open?
What could possibly be clearer than: "never coming of age"?

It has promise and them lost its way. It really was all over the place and the ending left me cold. ( )

I'm a little sad. This had the makings of a really awesome book ... but it lost me somewhere along the way. I wasn't exactly dying for the book to be over, but I wasn't as interested as I was when I started reading.
I guess it was good. Not great, not bad, but good. ( )

It's been almost a day since I finished this book and I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it. It starts out as a funny read with a strong focus on nerdy/geeky humor. Doug is an overweight high school kid that gets turned into a vampire. He's into comics and computers and the book opens with him at Comic con in San Diego. It's smart humor that maybe only a person that's really comfortable with their own nerdiness could appreciate.
Then about three quarters of the way through the book, it suddenly gets super dark and serious. Friends are lost, personalities suddenly darken and the ending is extremely heavy. Additionally the last page felt kind of unnecessary, like it should have ended but the author was afraid to leave it with such a dark ending.
I loved the beginning of the book and I liked the ending of the book. It was a very strong and definitely interesting. I'm just not sure I felt like they went together. ( )

It's been almost a day since I finished this book and I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it. It starts out as a funny read with a strong focus on nerdy/geeky humor. Doug is an overweight high school kid that gets turned into a vampire. He's into comics and computers and the book opens with him at Comic con in San Diego. It's smart humor that maybe only a person that's really comfortable with their own nerdiness could appreciate.
Then about three quarters of the way through the book, it suddenly gets super dark and serious. Friends are lost, personalities suddenly darken and the ending is extremely heavy. Additionally the last page felt kind of unnecessary, like it should have ended but the author was afraid to leave it with such a dark ending.
I loved the beginning of the book and I liked the ending of the book. It was a very strong and definitely interesting. I'm just not sure I felt like they went together. ( )