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[blamebrampton]

And the other thing that I've noticed in this book, aside from the fact that the boy on the cover knows how to paint a really good lipline but could have cut back on the gloss (young people today) is ...

... that there is something really off about Nick. Not in terms of the writing, but in terms of Nick himself. He is a really strange mix of teenaged selfishness and self-centredness yet with a hugely acute sense of his brother, I'm not exaggerating when I say it's almost a romantic sense, we hear about his brother's looks, his hopes and dreams, his pains, all sorts of intimate knowledge, all from Nick (who is also a bit of an Alan stalker, it appears). Add to that the fact that he seems preternaturally buff and physically advanced for his years and I call plot twist. I'm guessing he's not wholly human and is connected to Alan in an unexpected way.

And if I am right, I will do the happy dance of 'Yes, yes, AND I guessed Bruce Willis was dead in the Sixth Sense' (well, that one was easy).

If I am wrong, I will shake my head and mutter 'Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...

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[drgaellon]

'Young novelists today, think it's fine for 15-year-old boys to wear lipgloss AND take steroids ...

*cough*AdamLambert*cough*... yeah, okay, maybe not 'roid-buff, but c'mon, the boy's got a bod!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I know that he exists, but that's it! I am a popular culture void.

[drgaellon]

http://drgaellon.livejournal.com/tag/oh+adam!

You'll find pics and videos of him under that tag on my journal.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I fear that, like Russell Brand, he will have to join the list of things I will pay attention to after I get my head around string theory.

[drgaellon]

But UNLIKE Russell Brand, Adam is TALENTED. :) Have an icon.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, I am quite with you on that basic difference between the two of them!