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Crazy Stupid
Vincent and Zach have been best friends for years, and Vincent has been in love with Zach for years. An unfortunate turn of events in which Vincent's mother almost dies leads Zachary to realize that he's been in love with his friend for as long as they've known each other. Without a doubt, their love is cray stupid. Not that they really care.
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First published November 15, 2011
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A.J. Dixon
12 books7 followersInspiration comes from all around me, but mostly I observe the relationships of those closest to me and I do my best with transferring emotions and situations to my characters; I don't think there's a point in writing if you aren't personal with your characters.
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May 17, 2012
Poor editing and lack of character development made this a tough read. It started out well enough but quickly went downhill. The story is told strictly from Vincent's POV and he seemed immature and petty. I wasn't impressed.
Srsly, self-pub authors, editors are your friends.
Srsly, self-pub authors, editors are your friends.
June 18, 2012
This was a very cute short story involving love between to high school students, Vincent and Zachariah. oh, does it bring back memories from my own high school experiences...ha!
April 6, 2012
I really liked the beginning of this story: one boy in love with his apparently straight friend and aching with not being able to be with him. (A trope I really enjoy!) But when Zachary didn't stay by his side at a school party, Vincent sulked and walked home, rejecting the concerned phone call that came within minutes of him leaving. Zachary turned up on Vincent's doorstep after several unanswered texts, only to have the door slammed in his face.
I'm still with it up until this point. The MCs are teenagers so some OTT dramatics are to be expected. But when Vincent went on to completely ignore his friend for the next week with no explanation at all to the poor guy who'd done nothing wrong, only speaking to him again because Zachary forced the issue. It was a dick move, tbh, and made Vincent seem immature and petulant. I kind of wanted to smack him.
Zachary wasn't featured enough for me to form much of an opinion of him as a character, but he seemed like a normal, fairly oblivious kid. Unfortunately, this only made Vincent's behaviour seem even more childish.
Until now, I've been really spoiled with free reads that have been edited beautifully. This one had some problems: a few poorly structured sentences, punctuation issues, and some sentences that made no sense at all. (I suspect the spell check gremlins had a little fun changing appropriate words into something entirely random.)
I wish this had been longer. With more room to develop the characters, I think this could have been a great read.
I'm still with it up until this point. The MCs are teenagers so some OTT dramatics are to be expected. But when Vincent went on to completely ignore his friend for the next week with no explanation at all to the poor guy who'd done nothing wrong, only speaking to him again because Zachary forced the issue. It was a dick move, tbh, and made Vincent seem immature and petulant. I kind of wanted to smack him.
Zachary wasn't featured enough for me to form much of an opinion of him as a character, but he seemed like a normal, fairly oblivious kid. Unfortunately, this only made Vincent's behaviour seem even more childish.
Until now, I've been really spoiled with free reads that have been edited beautifully. This one had some problems: a few poorly structured sentences, punctuation issues, and some sentences that made no sense at all. (I suspect the spell check gremlins had a little fun changing appropriate words into something entirely random.)
I wish this had been longer. With more room to develop the characters, I think this could have been a great read.
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December 9, 2012
Even if you cannot have a professional editor having a friend read to correct typos and syntax would be a good idea... I couldn't enjoy the story because of all the errors and I was thinking: "English is my second language and I could do better." I guess the lack of originality might have had something to do with my lack of enjoyment too though I really think that I could have liked this if I hadn't been correcting it as I read.
March 3, 2013
I would really have liked this story but the grammatical errors and sentence structure made it hard to continue to read. I finished the story although it was frustrating to follow. I liked the characters and the idea of the story but as a reader it felt rushed and incomplete, no background on Zach and Vincent's friendship or how close they were. it was extremely short.
November 28, 2011
A well-written, likable short story that builds nicely and is never forced in its execution. Good characters and believable situation, written with sympathy for the characters and their feelings.
January 30, 2014
A nice little story line but severely hampered by bad editing.
March 9, 2012
A cute story about friendship and love between best friends. There're some spelling errors that annoyed me and the wording of some sentences, but all in all a decent read.
July 27, 2012
It's raining out and I got bored. cute read (:
February 23, 2013
Abysmal editing, and both protagonists are not real bright. But it was—what? Amusing isn’t really the right word. Well, it passed the time.
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