Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List | 
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NAOMI AND ELY ARE BEST FRIENDS. Naomi loves and is in love with Ely, and Ely loves Naomi, but prefers to be in love with boys. So they create their "No Kiss List" of people neither of them is allowed to kiss. And this works fine - until Bruce. Bruce is Naomi's boyfriend, so there's no reason to put him on the List. But Ely kissed Bruce even though he is boring. The result: a rift of universal proportions and the potential end of "Naomi and Ely: the institution." Can these best friends come back together again?
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• Not Just For Young Adults 22 February, 2008
This novel is an excellent, wise book. The characters struggle to make sense of themselves as they grow out of the insensitivity of adolescence and into the knowledge that loving anyone takes far more work than they wanted to believe. In short, if the world is that of young adults, the wisdom resonates for many of us who are rather older. Having read it twice, now, I find that it is even better the second time through. Not many books are, these days.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3HHK81P8EEGQH
• Loved This Book 20 June, 2008
Naomi and Ely have been best friends for forever. They love each other, although Naomi may love Ely in a way that he doesn't love her - she's straight, he's gay. They've gone though everything together from teaching each other how to kiss to their parents' big fight. And to make sure nothing goes wrong with their friendship, they created the No Kiss List, a list of people that neither of the friends is allowed to kiss. That's until Ely kisses Naomi's boyfriend, Bruce the Second, though. It seems as if the friendship will be torn apart, and Naomi and Ely struggle to come to terms with what their friendship really was and what remains.
I have to say that Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List was a beautiful story. It explores sexuality and the fine line between friendship and something more. I really loved the chapters told from nearly all the characters' perspectives, and especially the chapters from Naomi or Ely's points of view. Rachel Cohn and David Levithan do a wonderful job of portraying each of the characters thoughts and emotions. I was rooting for Naomi and Ely to repair their friendship throughout the whole story, and I also really enjoyed reading as each they grew and learned more of themselves.
Although I did really love Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's first co-written novel, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, I have to say that I enjoyed Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List much more. Both, however, are very well-written and memorable novels that I recommend to everyone.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2LDGL943QZXGK
• Naomi And Ely's No-kiss List By David Levithan And Rachel Cohn 24 February, 2008
Naomi and Ely are the bestest of best friends- they've grown up together, been around each other all their lives, gone through parental drama. Everything seems to be going fine- the problem though is that Naomi is in love with Ely, and Ely doesn't feel the same way, as he loves boys. One stick of gum in the wrong place at the wrong time changes everything between them. Can they both work out their differences and become friends again, or is it just too late?
The second novel to come from the brilliant Cohn and Levithan team is, well, brilliant. Perhaps even better than their first novel together. The story is told from both Naomi and Ely's point of view, but every so often, the reader gets to hear from a different character's perspective. Filled with intelligent, but readable prose, as well as humor, page-turning drama, and engaging, relatable characters, this is one book you do not want to miss.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1J7FYIW9N02GW
• That Other F-word: Friendship 24 July, 2008
SPOILERS BELOW
A horrendous waste of time. The only reason it got any stars from me is because of the writing style itself. Loved the random references (especially to angsty WB, oh so true! AND BUFFY REFERENCE, ZOMG!). The plot itself though, ugh.
Loved the Bingo number calling, that was great. I did like the POVs, switching around, although some of the characters really didn't need their own section, like Kelly, how random was that? The obscure music given by Gabriel made his chapters really stupid, although again, BUFFY! I did like Robin-Guy's chapter, he had a very stream-of-conciousness style of writing.
But from the Starbucks scene, it goes downhill. I was SO holding out for a Naomi&Ely ending. They are them. They've always been them, and it always should be them, and stupid Bruces need to stop intervening the friendship/relationship that is destined to happen. I did not see, nor did I want to see, the ending happen. They were supposed to end up together, and I really hate thinking that they didn't, especially with Naomi's BRILLIANT idea of moving. X_X I do NOT like this, not one bit. That is the worst plot and one of the worst book endings I have ever encountered. Urgh.
Highly disappointing read, do not read if you're looking for a happy ending.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2L2BHOKM9VTR1
• It Is All In All Decent 01 April, 2008
So, Naomi is in love with Ely, but Ely is gay. Then Ely kisses her boyfriend, and everything goes down the tube.
The true is for the writing, but We'll get to that.
So, Each chapter is in a different persons point of view, which gets slightly confusing if you aren't reading carefully. (You'll forget who the heck the characters are.) If you forget, you aren't remided at all. Some of the characters have been mentioned, but never seen in action until their chapter. It makes the book read bumpy, with many transition problems.
Occasionally, the chapters will interconnect, but they usually don't, taking their sweet page count bouncing along.
The writing styles of the two writers is very similar, but that is the problem. All the characters are two dimensional as they've added a few too many characters to have different personalities for.
The Whole setup of the plot is quite unrealistic. Ely kisses bruce the second(as there are two bruces, one you only see mentioned in about 25 pages,) so Naomi cuts all ties with Him. And the fact is, Bruce2 is gay himself, so it wouldn't matter even if he didn't!
The book is decent, but nothing all too special. It could've done without a few characters, such as Robin the male and Bruce the first (many repeated names.)
- Reviewed by customer ID: A96ROTPFCSWTR
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