The House of Tomorrow

I could tell you what it's about but it'll just sound weird and you'll think, "Yeah, that'll be fun." Instead, I'm going to tell you what it's like. It's basically like if Nick Hornby, Douglas Coupland in his Generation X/Microserfs days and Tom Perrotta teamed up to write a book about a teenage boy......more

I usually find it easy to rate a book based on what it's trying to be - but I struggled with this one. I genuinely love the premise: oddball kid raised in the home of an aging wannabe-futurist finds an outlet in punk rock. Buckminster Fuller research? Check. Some fun, knowing references to punk rock......more

full disclosure: i'm friends with the author -- and I'm breaking with my "never write reviews of friends books in public" just because I liked this book so much. first things first, As a YA book, this book gets five stars. It's probably one of the best YA books released this year. As an adult book, i......more

In many regards, The House of Tomorrow isn't a spectacular book. It follows a formula that has become trite in fiction. The story largely rolls out as most readers would expect from a coming-of-age story. Every time a new character pops up, you can guess the role they'll play. Stylistically, The Hou......more