Book Review: Stuff: The Life of a Cool Demented Dude

Simon usually goes by the name Stuff. As you may have guessed, this book is all about him. In Stuff: The Life of a Cool Demented Dude, we learn that Simon has loads of useless knowledge and a wonderful ability to create art. However, Stuff has four problems in life. Stuff’s dad’s girlfriend has moved into their house and she brings along her daughter who Stuff doesn’t like at all. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Stuff wants to break up with his girlfriend without being beaten up by her brother!

While breaking up with his girlfriend might be hard, he has to find a way so that he can be with his (new) true love, Skye. Of course, if he breaks up with his current girlfriend he might end up dead before he can tell Skye how he feels!

The last problem revolves around his comic strip. While the strip was anonymous to begin with, people are starting to figure out who is writing them and Stuff runs the risk of getting more body parts broken! Of course, this is just the beginning, as there is much more to do, see, and learn about Stuff.

As the book progresses we learn more about Stuff’s comic strip. There are six installments that have been split into specific sections. These sections involve Stuff writing the comic strip for the school paper. The comic strip details the life of a kid who wants to get away from the drooling dorkoids (the bad guys, of course) so that he can get to the well of androstopower. The well of androstopower will turn him into a mighty teenager. He enlists help from Sky Surfer in order to get to the well.

It doesn’t take long for people to realize that they are the ones being mentioned in the comic strip. Some of the people do not like being referred to as drooling dorkoids and before you know it, Stuff is planning the great escape to save himself from danger. Of course, after multiple runaway attempts he doesn’t get much of anywhere. However, it is pretty funny nonetheless.

Bottom Line: Children around 12 years old and possibly older will love this book. This is especially true if they are boys. The book has elements of humor and is presented with the style of a graphic novel. The book is excellent and definitely worth the read. It is also recommended for boys that are more reluctant readers. Due to the fun plot and the face-paced action some kids are going to be more apt to want to read this hilarious novel by Jeremy Strong.

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