tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post4038398407508606134..comments2023-12-19T23:30:30.577-06:00Comments on Oops...Wrong Cookie: The Spectacular Now by Tim TharpPattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05621172640017797805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post-88066732992119467372013-12-24T00:50:10.334-06:002013-12-24T00:50:10.334-06:00I don't think you are giving teenagers enough ...I don't think you are giving teenagers enough credit. A teenager myself, I read the story and was able to find the message in it by learning from the mistakes that the character himself did not see. The character of Sutter's father is just the foreshadowing of what Sutter's future clearly is: it shows that Sutter's actions do not come with out consequence. After all he did loose his best friend and his first girlfriend. Through Aimee you see the dangers of succumbing to the pressures of fitting in with the "it" crowd. I was also very sad when I finished the book because of how realistic it is. In my own graduating class I see people down a similar path, caught up in the "now" and the "partying". No matter what advice they are given or book with a great moral story, they are not likely to change. Just like Sutter they will go on living believing they are invincible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post-46078737741303292942013-08-02T23:28:51.497-05:002013-08-02T23:28:51.497-05:00you're exactly right. Itisn't a sorry to l...you're exactly right. Itisn't a sorry to learn from. It just a story of life she how teens go through high school. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post-90951675585578035702008-12-08T13:59:00.000-06:002008-12-08T13:59:00.000-06:00I don't think it's meant to be a cautionary story ...I don't think it's meant to be a cautionary story at all. It's just a story about life. Sometimes people don't change- that's what makes the book so good. I also think that high school aged teens will get that. It doesn't glamorize alcoholism and it is realistic that when the book ends Sutter is still an alcoholic based on his actions. The last paragraph reminded me of ON THE ROAD, a sort of rambling Dean Moriarty type of ending. "I say goodbye as I disappear little by little into the middle of the middle of my own spectacular now." I think of Dean Moriarty.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424000533735566937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post-47166341026203256542008-11-24T16:59:00.000-06:002008-11-24T16:59:00.000-06:00Thanks!Usually I find myself wishing the author wa...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Usually I find myself wishing the author was less obvious with the moral of the story, here I was left wishing he was more obvious. Or something. I wasn't completely satisfied at any rate.Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05621172640017797805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227580782059501910.post-73503832566086787412008-11-24T06:09:00.000-06:002008-11-24T06:09:00.000-06:00Not a middle school title, which is why I didn't g...Not a middle school title, which is why I didn't get into it, but I'm with you. I was bothered that it didn't have more of a lesson to it. I suppose teens might like that, but it was disturbing to read as an adult. Thanks for the very good review.Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.com