Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

this was the cutest book i ever read

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist would have been better for me, I think, if I had not already seen the movie. The book is COMPLETELY different than the movie. Like, as in, there are maybe two or three similarities - aside from the fact that all names remain unchanged. I like the book. I like the movie. But they are two totally different things in my mind. Not even in the same...more

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist would have been better for me, I think, if I had not already seen the movie. The book is COMPLETELY different than the movie. Like, as in, there are maybe two or three similarities - aside from the fact that all names remain unchanged. I like the book. I like the movie. But they are two totally different things in my mind. Not even in the same league. There is so much cussing in the book. Holy crow. The F-bomb is dropped constantly. So, that's exciting. I liked the writing style. I liked that it would switch from Nick's point of view to Norah's. It's a little confusing at first but in the end makes the book better I think. These two authors are very very good together!   hide

If you like a book about kissing, a boy and a girl romance, and above all rock music, this is definetely the book for you. It's made from both the girl and the boy perspective. It's about two kids who met one night and almost inmediatly liked each other. But the ex's shadow follow them all the first-date-night.

I enjoyed this instant romance between two young people, both of whom are trying to avoid their exes on a long Saturday night in New York City. Nick plays in a band, and Norah is in the same club watching his band, and the following ones. They join up when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend "for five minutes" to avoid his ex-girlfriend Tris. They kiss, and end up starting a...more

I enjoyed this instant romance between two young people, both of whom are trying to avoid their exes on a long Saturday night in New York City. Nick plays in a band, and Norah is in the same club watching his band, and the following ones. They join up when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend "for five minutes" to avoid his ex-girlfriend Tris. They kiss, and end up starting a romance themselves. The "infinite playlist" of the title is all the songs that are mentioned over the course of their date. Norah's father is a music executive, and Nick is a musician, so music is a major part of their lives, even more so than most young adults. These two are also smart and witty, with the sort of banter older couples would be jealous of. This is a book for all ages and genders.   hide

Will go in to a deeper review later but:

1) This was so much better than the movie, if the movie had followed the book closer in tone and topic it could have easily been an important movie of 2008 as it is it didn't even reach the lofty ideals of 16 Candles.

2) Even though it's a young adult book I had to read for a class I still recommend it.

If you love those "moments of destiny" and very real emotions, angst, music, and swear words, this book is for you!!! Told from alternating chapters and the perspectives of the two main characters Nick and Nora, you get a kick ass commentary about falling in like, lust, and love in the course of an unbelievable night. Lots of drama, lost best friends, jealous ex's, and hilarious...more

If you love those "moments of destiny" and very real emotions, angst, music, and swear words, this book is for you!!! Told from alternating chapters and the perspectives of the two main characters Nick and Nora, you get a kick ass commentary about falling in like, lust, and love in the course of an unbelievable night. Lots of drama, lost best friends, jealous ex's, and hilarious gay friends abound! I LOVED this book! So much so that I used a scene from it for my AP Literature class to write a prompt on! This book is better than the film (even though I have the film too!) and it gives a more full-rounded account! How could Nora help but fall in love with Nick? The reader did all the way in Chapter one!   hide

I was initially hesitant to read this because I thought it would be a little young for me. And the profanity from the get-go was a little bit of a turn-off, but then you see its place in the book because while profanity is typically a shortcut for describing the inexplicable, so are many of the emotions that a teen in their final year of high school will face when they find a person that...more

I was initially hesitant to read this because I thought it would be a little young for me. And the profanity from the get-go was a little bit of a turn-off, but then you see its place in the book because while profanity is typically a shortcut for describing the inexplicable, so are many of the emotions that a teen in their final year of high school will face when they find a person that they deem to be perfect and connected to. The setting is Manhattan and the attitude of the writing hearkens back McInerney and Easton Ellis, though with a younger set of protagonists, a bit fewer drugs, and a little more melodrama. The dialogue is almost Coupland-esque and does a fine job of bringing the reader back to their teen years when almost anything was possible and every situation was desperate. And it seems no subject matter is above or below discussion for the main characters: the genius of the Beatles, the socio-political impact of punk music, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and same-sex relationships. We witness the evolution of a relationship over the course of an evening and morning. From the initial misgivings and misunderstandings to the connectivity that develops between Nick and Norah. And rather than being completely dialogue-driven, we accompany the two through a great tour of Manhattan where contrivance is expertly avoided. Every place visited has a purpose in the evening and is not just treated as a throwback. One great gimmick is the alternation in points of view. Chapter 1 starts with Nick narrating, Chapter 2 Nora, and so on. Sometimes there is a repetition of time; sometimes there is not. It is this great device that provides the reader with the whole picture. At the end of the evening, the reader is left wanting more. Yet at the same time, it is an appropriate ending to a great story.   hide

So effin cute. Says effin a lot.

Loved it. And not just because most of it takes place in the Village and LES. Dialogue was smart and funny, story was romantic...