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Revoltingly Young: The Journals of Nick Twisp's Younger Brother

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As the reader, you travel an insane journey as you live vicariously through the books main character. You must start with the authors first book, YOUTH IN REVOLT,the journals of nick twisp to even begin to follow this incredible story. The author is a literary genious who is unbelievibly imaginative. This is a must read for all those 80's and 90's kids who are sure to relate to at least one of the characters. Five Stars for the whole series!

CD Payne has an interesting style, and if you're reading this review, I can only assume you've read the original "Youth in Revolt" which is an utter classic.You need to read it and every other book in the series in order -- otherwise you just won't get this particular tome.

Nick Twisp begins life as an over-sexed nympho-like 14 year-old. In this novel we meet his (much) younger brother who is also an over-sexed 14 year old. Nice to know all the Twisps are virtual clones of each other.

That leads us on to Revoltingly Young which is entertaining as hell. It's closer to the first book than any of the subsequent novels and my constant chuckles had my neighbours on the plane giving me suspicious looks out of the corners of their eyes. It's a rehash of previous books in one way -- you won't be surprised at anything you read because you've seen it all before but sometimes an old comfortable pair of shoes is just what's needed. My biggest complaint about this book is that when Nick makes a cameo -- and his brief appearance can only be called that -- as a 30 year old adult, quite frankly he's not likeable. It would have been better if he hadn't been included. My other complaint is that ending feels terribly rushed and deux-ex-machina, which even the author hints at in a smug, self-satisfied way. Clearly Payne didn't know how to end his novel, so he threw and ending together. The charm of writing journal style means you don't have to contrive an ending.

This is a great novel. I recommend all the books of this novel(Youth in Revolt, Revolting Youth, Young and Revolting, and Revoltingly Young). Absolutely one of my favorite books I've had the pleasure of reading! Gives a memorizing conclusion to the novel . Hope you read all the books!

This is deffinitally one of the best Twisp books. I loved them all but this is one of my favorite because unlike all the others... It brings closure. I only wish they're would be more.

This book makes it obvious that Nick Twisp's journey is over for good. I loved the book... and I was just sort of sad when it came to the end. If you really need to know what happened to Nick and Sheeni and that maybe baby... you should read it! Noel has a lot more luck with females than his older brother, and you get to see everything through new eyes. It's very well written like the other books.

i loved youth in revolt... this being the very last of the YIR sequels i was hoping for a return to form.
this time it's nicks little brother that is our diary keeper...
i have to admit YIR is so much better and nick is so much more interesting but this was an okay way to end the entire series.
i am on the fence about this book and about the existence of any sequels to the original.

read it if you are YIR superfan but dont think its going to be nearly as good as the first.

This book is an excellent coming of age story and end to the entire "Youth In Revolt" Youth in Revolt series. If you loved Youth In Revolt, and have read the other two books in the series, "Revolting Youth" Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp and "Young and Revolting" Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp, you definitely should check this out, but if you haven't, you might not enjoy it as much. The main character is Noel, Nick's younger brother at age 14, and the novel is set 14 years after the end of "Young and Revolting", when Nick is now 30. The way in which Noel thinks and acts and keeps his diary is very similar to how Nick was at that age. It is highly entertaining, and set in a more modern setting than "Youth In Revolt" (Myspace and iPods and e-mail are mentioned, for example). The story follows young Noel on an adventure of his own, where he meets up with Tyler, his nephew (Nick's sister Joanie's son) and Veeva (Paul and Connie Saunders' daughter) in a successful attempt to tie up some loose ends from the ending of "Young and Revolting". I found it equally as entertaining as both sequels and almost as much as the main book.

This book is written by Nick's little brother. He is the keeper of the journals on this reading trip.

You get a dose of some new colorful characters and a good look into this younger Twisp's life. It was good, and kept my interest, however, I was very sad about the fact that when Nick does appear, I don't like him. I mean, he seems different. Maybe that was done on purpose because of his age difference now, but it just wasn't the same Nick for me.

The ending came really really fast, and although you do get all of the loose ends tied up in this novel, when it was over, I was more lonely than before.