Entries from a Hot Pink Notebook

By Todd D. Brown

Book Overview

What if Holden Caulfield were coming of age -- and coming out -- in the Reagan years? Ben Smith is a sometimes clever, often confused, but ultimately irresistible catcher in the wry. Through the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671890840
• ISBN13: 9780671890841
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Insightful outlook on life.

This book is an insightful look at life of a typical teenager boy being scrutinized by critical eye of today's society. Entries From a Hot Pink Notebook is a well-written novel by a first time writer Todd D. Brown. However to fully appreciate the beauty of this book you have to be open minded and willing to accept an open look into a life of a gay teenager. Honest and sometimes heartbreaking details of main character's life, truly pain a picture of struggling teens of today. As you read this book you begin to identify with a character and sometimes even see yourself feeling anger, deception and hurt, just like he does. I truthfully had trouble putting this book down and sometimes even stayed up late in the night excitingly turning pages, wanting, learning, feeling. This book is written in a form of a diary, which personally gave a believable outlook that things described in the book, do in fact happen. As I conclude this, I strongly recommend this book to a reader who is looking for a good laugh and also a lesson on self-discovery.

One of the Best Books I've Ever Read!

This is one of the few books I've ever read that had the perfect mix of good prose, thoughtfulness, and fun. It gives off a special type of suspense, powered by the continuous diary format, that keeps you from closing the book; you can't wait until you see what's going to happen next! There are tons of enjoyable and unusual surprises, as well as the interwoven subplots dealing with family, religion, school, romance (fake vs. real), and even some adventure that makes this book even more undeniable. I honestly don't think I'll ever read another book that can top off what Brown wrote. I even threw giggles out of pure enjoyment for it. "Entries from a Hot Pink Notebook" is a true change from meticulous and dragging prose that occurs in many other stories and should definately be both a classic and a must for any reader. I hope there's a sequel to Ben Smith's Hot Pink Notebook. It's THAT good!

One of the few true tear-jerkers

Although I hate to repeat what nearly everyone else who has reviewed this book has said already, I just can't help it. I'm not one to cry in movies or when I read, but for the first time since I was 5, I cryed reading this book. It was one of the most emotionally charged and gut-wrenching pieces of literature I have ever read. I read this book right after I came out, and the emotions and struggles depicted by Mr. Brown are right on. He truly has a gift, and I hope he shares it with us more often. Perhaps the best gay novel I have ever read.

AMAZING!!! YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!

This book was extrodinary! I just finished it and want MORE!!! Mr. Brown if somehow you read this review PLEASE e-mail me bsb_brok1@hotmail.com You need to write a sequal to this i keep reading the end and i can't get it out of my head. I am gay but in the closet, after reading this i just feel like going out on the lake in a canoe and screaming I AM GAY!! this book is amazing!