Despite its lame bright yellow cover, Teen Angst is an honest and funny account of Ned Vizzini's experiences at Stuyvesant High School, one of the most academically challenging high schools in New York. "Behind the jocks, artists, nerds, preppies, chess nuts, heavy metal guys, folksy guitar players, scary kids with black trench coats, neo-Nazis, and what's-his-names was the general collection of bozos and rejects" that Ned hung around with.

This book will definitely not be made into some sappy movie starring Freddie Prinze jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Instead of writing about cheerleader and jocks, Vizzini focuses on those who are not typically portrayed in mainstream media -the ones who are obsessed with the card game Magic and Brooklyn Cable Access Television. This book is a refreshing look at the trials and tribulations of High School written by talented teen writer, whose conversational writing style will immediately grab your attention whether you are a high school student or high school graduate.

This is by far one of the most entertaining books I have read in years. I could not put it down. It was easy to read, easy to follow and full of good laughs (most at Ned's expense!). I always admire someone who doesn't take himself too seriously but still gets the job done and that is exactly what Ned Vizzini does. Ned Vizzini's writing style is fluid, his sense of humor wry and his life experiences full of lessons for us all. I bet you'll relate to more than one of Ned's dilemmas, and smile as you do. In one night I relived my own high school years and realized I had it pretty good. I can't wait to see what Ned writes about college life!

...Let's first start out with the fact that it's a commentary on a subject many people can relate to: the seemingly agonizing chapter of life called high school. Though as we all know, high school isn't that agonizing, but it's only AFTER we've moved on that we realize it. The great thing about Vizzini's book is that it 'overrides necessity.' It allows the reader to reminisce while understanding how those oh so dramatic moments which weren't really so, have somewhat shaped the people we have all become today. High school is a daring, if somewhat repressed time of one's life, and "Teen Angst ... Naaah" displays just that. Through his witty writing, and ability to recognize the comedy in every situation, and I mean every that he encounters, Vizzini relates to the reader a sense of identification that one seeks through their high school years, and comes up by the end with an individual who has acquired a good many skills thanks to his crafty intellectuality and talents. Teen Angst is great because in it's own simplicity it's funny, and easy to understand, and really, just a great array of work.