the credits. I thought the movie had some pretty funny scenes/jokes and decided I would check out the book because of the old axiom of how the book is 100x better than the movie. Not this time. It turns out that the movie was (loosely) based on this novel. Unfortunately, I would have to rate the movie better than the book because of the rather tweenie feel of the novel. The book is nowhere near as daring as the movie was in terms of language, sexuality, comedy, etc. But I must admit that it kept me hooked until the very last page. It becomes extremely obvious towards the end of the book that the target audience is floating around the age of 14. Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily. But I was really hoping that the author was going to surprise me and deliver on a novel that is supposed to remind the reader of his tumultuous youth. The character development is 2-dimensional and the ending is painfully obvious. But I would still recommend this book to anyone who wants to kill some time whilst keeping a few brain cells firing. I will give the author major points for writing a nice, "cute" ending for the protagonist, especially considering it was somewhat lacking in the film version. Hillarious! I loved this book and could not put it down. Not only is the plot funny but the writing is hillarious. I have never read a book where I actually laughed out