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Nicholas Hoult does a very good job voicing this problem novel with a little timeslip thrown in. The characters are memorable and their emotional arcs ring true. While the subject matter is a serious, humor is a frequent, and appropriate, element in Hoult's voicing.

From the writer most noted for writing books about men that haven't really grown up, comes a book about a boy that has to grow up! 16 year old Sam, skateboarder and son of a lone mother, is without a care in the world, when he has his world turned upside down and adulthood forced upon him. With some......more

So it just may be that Nick Hornby is overrated. He did spark quite an interest (and I'm counting myself in this category, while everyone else was probably in the post Bridget Jones and Pre Stephanie Meyer stage). "About a Boy", though the movie surpasses book in myriad ways, was incredibly original......more