We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story
Josh Sundquist
We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story
Josh Sundquist
_Josh Sundquist had only ever had one girlfriend.
For 23 hours.
In eighth grade._
Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: What went wrong?
We Should Hang Out Sometime is the the result of Josh’s semi-scientific, wholly hilarious investigation. From a disastrous putt-putt date involving a backwards prosthetic foot to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing) to a misguided “grand gesture” at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for love-or at least a girlfriend-in all the wrong places. We Should Hang Out Sometime is for every person who has ever wondered, “is there something wrong with me?” (the answer, by the way, is “no”).
By revisiting middle school, high school, and college experiences, inspirational speaker Josh Sundquist shares what it was like to grow up as “the guy with one leg.” Interspersed with the author’s black-and-white line art, this real life story will appeal to fans of The Fault In Our Stars and Ned Vizzini’s Teen Angst.
Review
Katherine Dretzke
I don’t often read young adult autobiographies. This may be because the majority lately are by bloggers or YouTube sensations and, quite frankly, I couldn’t give two hoots about those people. Luckily for Josh Sundquist I didn’t realise he was a YouTube sensation when I was given this book to review. Or maybe it was lucky for me as this turned out to be a great read.
Sundquist opens with the statement, ‘When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend’ and proceeds to explain that at the time of said epiphany, he actually thought he was in a relationship, making the realisation come as quite a shock to him. And so from this one statement we go back in time and reminisce with him about the different girls in his life he has courted, and with whom nothing eventuated. To try to get some answers, Sundquist seeks these past almost-flames and asks them the question, ‘Why did we never go out?’ Was it his looks? His missing limb? Was there something wrong with him? As he asks the questions, the girls respond in all sorts of ways. But will it help him discover the truth?
Sundquist, even though he is a YouTube star, has managed to turn a somewhat embarrassing story into a funny, touching book about the anxieties that come with fancying someone and not knowing how to tell them, or getting up the courage to tell them and facing rejection. Overall, he has written a heartwarming story, taking a good look at himself and the insecurities he internalises, as well as at his projects. This is a great read for young adults who want a romance without the romance, but with many laughs. Ages 13 and up.
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