Line one of chapter one reads, "Dude, you like Weezer?" And with that, I was hooked. Just like the description says, this book is a blend of Friday Night Lights, Julius Caesar and 90s nostalgia. Three things that maybe shouldn't work when combined, but actually go together brilliantly.

We know that the main character, Marcus Brinks, spent his early 20s as the lead singer of an indie rock band called Dear Brutus. What is a genius move is that each chapter alternates between 1994 and 2017 so we're only reading about his time before and after his brush with fame. The only glimpses we get at what happened while in the band and why they broke up are in excerpts of articles from magazines like SPIN, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Wikipedia. It was just enough, but also made me want to read more about the band, the excerpts were so well-written and believable. And much like Daisy Jones & The Six, I wanted to listen to Dear Brutus' Beige Album while reading this.

I loved this book. I sat down to start reading it just to get a sense of what it was like and all the sudden I was halfway through. Not only is it just great storytelling, it had me laughing out loud multiple times. Marcus' dry sense of humor is so likable and there's a skim-and-you'll-miss-it reference to The Fugitive that is *chef's kiss* perfection.

Chad Gibbs dose it again, i read Two like me and you last year and loved that one, and i really like this one too!
This book was very unique, and i kind of had a love-hate relationship with the MC Marcus Brinks. Because sometimes he was so annoying , having his head stuck up his ass or so sort-of in love i wanted to just shake him, but he had his moments when his character devoloped nicely over the years in the book, wich made me like him more and more. Somethings changes and somethings stays the same... is the feel i get form this book!

Yet another incredibly entertaining novel by Chad Allen Gibbs. Alternating between 1994 and 2017, Marcus Brinks, the main character narrates his own story from the starts of his senior year in high school to his current day situation: teaching English at the very same high school in his early forties. Even though he spent just a brief four months at Rome High School, they were quite eventful. RHS is known for football. The school revolves around it and everyone lives for the football game and a state championship. Marcus does not share the same love but gets roped into many football related activities because he falls for the quarterback's girlfriend with just one glimpse of her. She is quite charming but also pretty unobtainable, as Marcus is lead to believe. Marcus settles into his senior year in Rome with his two new friends Jackson and Silas and gets involved in some unbelievable hijinks related to Becca, his now true love, and several football team members. In the current day, Marcus is a has-been rock star who had one famous album back in his twenties but then had a mental breakdown and then finally got it together, and went back to Rome to teach because his mom has cancer. His present is not unlike his past, involving the football team members from his stint at Rome in the 1990's, his two friends (one of them now an bigger than life football coaching ex-friend) and the love of his life (still) now single Becca. The ending definitely surprised me! This story is a little involved and definitely needs to be read with attention to detail but well worth it for the amazingly unique & funny characters and distinctive plotline! Well worth your time! Do not this miss this hilarious foray into the underground world of high school football! Thanks so much to the author Mr. Gibbs himself and to NG for the ARC's!!!