BOOK REVIEW: Winger by Andrew Smith

Title: Winger
Author: Andrew Smith
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: May 14th, 2013
Genre(s): Young Adult, Contemporary
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 439

Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.
With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.
Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

I heard this book first from a booktuber, Raeleen at PadfootandProngs07. At first I didn't really excited about this book, but I just want to read a light, fun read, so I picked this book. I was quite surprised to be honest, but in a good way. I didn't expecting the book will be so addicting.

This about a fourteen years old boy named Ryan Dean West, who goes to school to Pine Mountain, which is a boarding school for rich kids. So, basically this book is about Ryan Dean's life at the boarding school. This is a coming of age story, so we got to see character development in this book. We also got friendship, some romance, some humor, and we got some pictures. Oh, there are a lot of swearing, and mature content too.

Ryan Dean also loves to draw. So we got some funny pictures, how he imagined some scenes that happened at school. I loves this book. If you are expecting a great amazing story, don't read this book. For me, I love it, I love the weird friendship between some of the characters, I love how the 'teenage dramatic' versions of things.

I laughed and CRIED while reading it. I think it does tell something about this book. Overall, I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars. Like I said, if you expecting a great amazing coming of age story, you are looking at the wrong book. But if you are looking for a humor, light and fun read, I would recommend this book for you.

Happy reading! :)

-Nikita