A friend lent me two books by this author. This one and "15 Days without a Head".
Since the other one is older, I read that one first. There, I wrote:
"This is another one that I probably would never have picked up, it looks too un-adult to me. But: It is a brilliant book."
And I can say the same for this one. After a slow start where I thought this is not going to be the same, I really got into it after a couple of chapters. Oz is a boy, as much as you can imagine any boy, he is very typical. (I can judge, I have three younger brothers and two sons.) He steps from one Fettnäpfchen (no English word like that available but it means gaffe/social blunder) into the next, nothing seems to go right for him. But he has his heart in the right place and is as loveable as most boys are.
It tells us all about friendship and about the special bond siblings have, even if they seem to fight all the time.
Definitely a great book to read.
From the back cover:
"Things could be going better for Oz. He's just moved miles from all his friends. A prank at his new school puts him in the crosshairs of 'Psycho' Isobel Skinner, a bully who also happens to be his mum's new best friend. And he's driven off the only other kid who will have anything to do with him: a Tolkien-obsessed boy in desperate need of a decent playlist.
With his life careening out of control, Oz sets about making things right. But when he stumbles on his sister's game-changing secret, Oz is left wondering if he can ever get his old life back ... or if he's stuck forever in this craziness.
Comic and heartwarming, Waiting for Gonzo is about discovering when to play the cards you're dealt and when to shuffle the deck and deal your own hand."
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