Struck by Lightning
The Carson Phillips Journal
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4.7 • 24 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Struck by Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal follows the story of outcast high school senior Carson Phillips who blackmails the most popular students into contributing to his literary journal to bolster his college application; his goal in life is to get into Northwestern and eventually become the editor of The New Yorker.
At once laugh-out-loud funny, deliciously dark, and remarkably smart, Struck by Lightning unearths the dirt that lies just below the surface of high school.
The major motion picture Struck by Lightning features Colfer's own original screenplay and stars Allison Janney, Christina Hendricks, Dermot Mulroney, and Colfer in leading roles.
Customer Reviews
Absolutely brilliant.
As an avid fan of Chris Colfer, I have been waiting for this book since I heard of it's existence. Chris didn't disappoint with The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, and Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal was at par, if not better than TLOS. Chris's ability to make Carson a likable character and a believably character was absolutely spectacular even though Carson was a so to say jerk. He was able to pull from popular culture so well, and bring such depth to the characters at the same time. All though there is some swearing in it, I ridiculously enjoyed it and the ending brought me to tears as well.
I read the book before viewing the movie, to see the differences in which Chris added to the book (the book was written after the movie had already been shown at the Tribecca Film Festival in New York in April of last year ) and I was pleasantly surprised.
Chris deserves his title of Number 1 New York Times Best Seller.
GREAT.
I loved it! I was so disheartened to read the end.... Poor poor Carson.