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Original Title: | Ready, Okay! |
ISBN: | 0060195584 (ISBN13: 9780060195588) |
Edition Language: | English |
Adam Cadre
Hardcover | Pages: 389 pages Rating: 4.37 | 200 Users | 24 Reviews
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So, post-college, I found this book in the YA section of my local library. I read it and fell in love. My roommate then read it and she fell in love. I re-read it, she re-read it, etc. Somehow, I manage to forget the title and the author and in the subsequent ten years or so, I keep searching the internet for some clue that will lead me back to this book.Then, lo and behold, in the dingy aisles of a large dollar store in Middlebury, VT this past Christmas, I find twenty hardback editions! I bought five (Adam Cadre, if you are reading this, msg me and I'd be happy to send you a check as I imagine you are getting no royalties from that sale).
Anyway, I just read it for (I think) the third time.
This novel is the satire that me and my high schools would have written if our lives had been slightly more disaffected and suburban. It is the literary complement to the amazing "Veronica Mars" too.
The basic plot: a wise-ass, super intelligent kid has found a position for himself in the delicate ecosystem of high school. It requires him to be a sort of a proud dork, an emissary between social groups and terminally sarcastic. He comes from a family that has been through a lot and he is attracted, unsurprisingly, to a girl down the street who he thinks represents utter normalcy.
Of course he is wrong and a lot happens to drive the book toward a tragic ending (which is heavily foreshadowed from page one).
It's important to remember that this is a form of satire and while the plot points may sound cliched, two things really set it apart: 1) the characters represent fully formed people. There is a tendency to think of high schoolers as absent the same personality traits we observe in adults. Yes, kids are still developing etc, but some of them are as big of an asshole at 16 as they will be at 52 and Cadre captures that well. 2) The narrative voice. Devastatingly funny, insightful and clueless all at the same time.
I can not say enough about this book and yet I think this review falls somewhat flat. Trust me. Just read it. I have a few extra copies.

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Title | : | Ready, Okay |
Author | : | Adam Cadre |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 389 pages |
Published | : | July 25th 2000 by HarperCollins |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Novels. Literature. American |
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The author emailed me about a 2nd edition and asked if I was interested in reading it so of course I said "yes"! This book was one of my favorites years back when I read the first edition so I was interested to see what reading it a second time would be like. I already knew how it ended, and it's kind of given away from the first page but because it had been so long I had forgotten the details. I didn't cry this time but rather found it a little difficult to empathize with the main characterI've read better books, but I loved this book nonetheless. It's a really charming book. Also hilarious.
When I finished this book, I called it good, and also said I was devastated. The charming array of characters from the first half found drugs, abuse, failure, loss, or worse. The picture of our society that is painted here is sharply critical and overwhelmingly sad. One aspect of this social critique is the world of teenagers. At first it seems that parents are just absent from the narrative, in the way that parents are not part of teenagers social scene, but further reading shows that the best

This book is an emotional roller coaster. One minute you're laughing at the narrator, next minute your heart is pounding, next minute you can't sit still, next minute you're screaming and the next minute you're crying. Then it starts again. There are few books with the power that this one has, regarding school shootings - it seems like such a hot topic now but this book was written years ago and was limited in print and is currently out of print - it is very tricky to get your hands on - but it
This book starts off with a heavy punch and doesn't relent until the very last page. It's not the literary genius many hope for when picking up a book but it sure is one of my most favorite books. A story about a young man's typical adolecent struggle that goes completely ascue. I would gladly recommend this book to all teenagers who'd like a crazy read.
It took me a little while to get into this book, but not because it was bad. The narrator genuinely had meaningful observations about the world, and his voice was probably my favorite part. It made me stop and think about the things he said, why people are the way they are, etc. I flew through the second half of the book because of all the issues the narrators family and friends deal with, and the ending is sad but brings it all together."Since she was a beautiful person, I couldn't help but see
I first heard about author Adam Cadre through his work in interactive fiction computer games (like Zork), and I was so impressed with the creativity of his own text adventures that when I heard he had a novel published, I immediately grabbed a copy. I was not disappointed.The narrator of Ready, Okay! is Allen Mockery, an extremely gifted teenager from a family of extremely gifted children, who lets the reader know up front that he is documenting the months leading up to a disaster that will
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