Reviews for The House of Tomorrow

The average rating for The House of Tomorrow based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-05-08 00:00:00 Leslee Gunter 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 and his introduction to punk music. It's a story about teenagers and it actually is like what it's like to be a teenager. It's a book that is pretty far outside of my experience (I could not tell you thing one about anything the characters experience in this novel) and yet, I completely get everything. It's got nothing to do with me, but it's my story. And I bet you'll have the same reaction, because everyone knows what it's like to experience something for the first time and get a thrill of recognition, that sense of "Oh yeah, this is what I was waiting for." And without sounding lame (I hope), I was waiting for this book. And this is Peter Bognanni's debut novel--I cannot wait to see what else he has in store for readers. (I hope he's more prolific than Hornby & Perrotta have been thus far.)

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-21 00:00:00 Julie Fugitt This didn't seem like a book I'd like--teenage boy raised in futuristic geodesic dome by eccentric grandmother forms punk band with an angry teen heart-transplant recipient. But, it grew on me. I will admit it took me awhile to get into it, and I did debate tossing it aside during the first 30 or so pages. What was the problem? I found myself distracted by Sebastian's very unique voice (imagine a kid who uses absolutely no slang and sounds like he swallowed a dictionary). Soon, though, I noticed I stopped paying attention to how he was talking and instead focused on what was going on. Because the story is special one--what happens when a boy raised in a literal bubble is introduced simultaneously to the real world and punk music, by a sick kid who's mad at his family and the world in general? I really found myself feeling for all of the characters and really enjoying the realistic way the Whitcombs portrayed a family. Jared, the heart transplant recipient, and his sister Meredith could bicker like anything, but you could see they cared deeply for each other, and I found myself rooting for the very small acts of kindness they would occasionally share. And Sebastian, the main character, was both endearingly naive yet mature, a real kid despite his weird upbringing. I really enjoyed this book, the relationships--everything about it. One of the first books in awhile that made me a bit sad to finish.