Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner

[description from Amazon]

It’s High School Musical—rated R!

When the girl who’s foresworn men meets the boy who’s devoted himself to picking up women, there’s bound to be drama—perfect for a sixweek summer program devoted to the arts. Olivia’s summer goal: to write a musical that censures men with wandering eyes. Max’s summer goal: to hone his acting skills, along with his talent for attracting the ladies. Before camp is over, they’ll perform Olivia’s musical onstage and in real life—though the ending may turn out differently than either expects.

Jake Wizner’s story within a story takes the battle of the sexes to a whole new level in a bawdy, uproarious romp that’s laugh-out-loud fun.

Review:

This book is pretty much as ridiculous as it sounds. Really, it's just weird. It's the good kind of weird, but it won't be that way to everyone. Definitely do not read this book if you are easily offended or easily grossed out. The book doesn't sugarcoat anything; it's pretty crude.

Even though this book is a little crude, it's hilarious. A lot of the jokes are of the gross, teenage-boyish variety, but I still laughed. Not only is there the plot about Olivia, Max, and their friends, but also the one in the musical- Castration Celebration- that Olivia is writing. Both of them are funny, but the musical even more so as it contains actual songs. I may be biased since I enjoy musicals quite a lot, but even if I didn't, I still would have been laughing at the musical. But the musical does serve a purpose other than to bring the laughs: it reflects what is going on between Olivia and Max, and shows what Olivia really feels about Max. It gave her, and Max, more depth.

The characters kind of blended in at times since more than one were experts at jokes of the vulgar variety. But once more of the book went on, they became more distinct and grew personalities of their own.

The book does seem kind of exaggerated since everything was funny, and everyone made funny jokes, and and stuff, but it didn't really bother me. I was too busy giggling at the inappropriateness of it all.

Oh, and there is a whole song making fun of Twilight in this book. It's HYSTERICAL. It was so funny that as soon as I finished reading it I tweeted about it. Twitter is good for things like that.

I strongly recommend you read this book if you aren't easily offended and enjoy crude jokes, and I strongly recommend you don't read it if you are easily offended and are immature. This definitely is not a book for everyone.

8/10

Castration Celebration will be released on May 26.

Links: Jake's website

Random House/Hardcover/$16.99/Amazon/Barnes and Noble/Borders/IndieBound