Oliver Tate is the "hero" of the story. He is 15, and trying to help his parents with what he sees as a dysfunctional marriage. He is friends with one of his school bullies, and has an on-off girl friend who has terrible eczema due to her allergy to her dog.
Oliver is a bit like an updated, and more savvy Adrian Mole, and also a lot like Christopher, the hero of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time in that he seems to either wilfully or accidentally misunderstand what is going on around him.
Interestingly, the film did away with some of the darker aspects of Oliver's character and more unpleasant incidents in the book, preferring to play for laughs.
Don't think this book will be on my top 10 for the year.
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