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Big Night Out Tara McCarthy & Lorraine Freeney PB list price $14.95 Griffin Trade (March 1999) ISBN: 0312198345 288 pages average review: Reviews: This gets: a from eryka: The premise is cool, but the execution is lame. It's a choose-your-own-adventure book, and instead of survival, the goal is to get play. Bummer. Not that getting play is a bummer, but the execution is the bummer. From the back cover: Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure Books of Old? If not, prepare yourself for a ride unlike any other -- a fantastical, insane, hilarious reading experience that submerges you deep in a story where you are the main character. Throughout the book, you will be faced with many choices. What you decide at every turn determines whether you enjoy a night of mind-blowing passion or an evening of lying in a pool of you own vomit. YOUR FATE IS IN YOUR OWN HANDS! If so, turn to page 1 and regain that childlike sense of wonder as you navigate through a very adult world of bars, parties, dating, drugs, and big-city mayhem in your quest to find the object of your desire. Complete with separate adventures for girls and guys, Big Night Out will keep you reading for hours and hours without experiencing the same adventure twice. Your mission in Big Night Out is simple: track down your love interest and get laid. Complicating matters is the fact that your beloved is at a party, and you weren't invited. You've got to find a way to tag along with one of your friends -- some of whom are more cooperative than others; after all, each has an agenda of his own. And the city you live in poses its own challenges; you may encounter pickpockets, sexually transmitted diseases, meathead bouncers, inept swing dancers, and a full cast of extras. Add to that practical necessities like securing food lest you pass out from drinking too much, and Big Night Out could turn out to be the most hellish night you've ever had -- or the time of your life. eryka.com scale: So good you just can't stand it. Almost that good. Sort of good. Generally a waste of time. Destined for the recycler. If you'd like to review this book, or another, click here Similar books by category: women writers | american | new yorkers Go home | Go to fiction home © 2002 eryka.com. All rights reserved.