This was a cool book. You know that kid in high school who was even too cool to hangout with the popular kids? Well, that's this book. It was a great read with wacky characters, wacky plots lines, but every single thing was written in a way that made it totally believable.
Jayson Blocher wants to be a movie star. With his two best friends he's filming Dallasty!, a film project he is sure will get pick up by one of the big studios and will turn him into an instant star. As with most things in life, things don't turn out quite the way Jayson pictures them and he slowly comes to realize that maybe stardom isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
His journey leads him from his mother's house in the Midwest to the wild and wacky world of early 80s LA and New York where Jayson might not find the stardom he was seeking but through his interactions with an eccentric cast of characters he does find himself.
This book was fun to read. Form Jayson getting to meet his teen idol to his best friends Tara's life changing moments, this book played out like one of the soap scripts Jayson was always writing. It also spoke about the key themes of acceptance and living life the way you want to without being preachy about it.
A surprising character study with a plot to back it up, Candy Everybody Wants is a book to please all.
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