Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah

Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah | David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

so-so

I hate to say that each collaboration between Levithan & Cohen has been a step down from the wonder that was Nick & Norah. I love their process of passing the chapters back and forth, but now the curveballs seem forced, the dodges obvious. I really wanted to love it but didn‘t. 😕

Short synopsis: Sam and Ilsa are teenage twins throwing a last amazing dinner party in their grandmother‘s rent-controlled NYC apartment before college. Hijinks ensue.

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Megabooks

Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah | David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

so-so

I hate to say that each collaboration between Levithan & Cohen has been a step down from the wonder that was Nick & Norah. I love their process of passing the chapters back and forth, but now the curveballs seem forced, the dodges obvious. I really wanted to love it but didn‘t. 😕

Short synopsis: Sam and Ilsa are teenage twins throwing a last amazing dinner party in their grandmother‘s rent-controlled NYC apartment before college. Hijinx ensue.

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Preciouz29

Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah | David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

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I wanted to love it and while it dipped a tiny bit for me at retain parts, I loved this! Just the right length, absolutely realistic, and thoroughly enjoyable!

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Hannah_Haymond

Sam and Ilsa's Last Hurrah | David Levithan, Rachel Cohn

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Over one evening, entirely inside an apartment building, two siblings throw a party as a ‘recess from the hum drum.‘ There‘s a great sense of the event unfolding, with not so much bomb shells as small unravellings as the night goes on. It‘s a sweet little time capsule of one night, with strong voices from the two main characters.

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