Anatomy of a Boyfriend

by Daria Snadowsky

Book Overview

An unflinching account of love, sex, and heartbreak--this generation's answer to Judy Blume's Forever .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440239443
• ISBN13: 9780440239444
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Ember
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

A modern twist on the same type of tale

At the beginning of ANATOMY OF A BOYFRIEND, 17-year-old Dominique Baylor hardly has time for boys. She's engrossed in her studies and college applications, and is polishing up on her GRAY'S ANATOMY (the textbook, not the TV show). Dom wants to be a doctor, and while she's not competing on her school's science quiz team, she's spending time playing the board game Operation with her parents. Dom's best friend is Amy, who goes to a large public school. Dom is a student at the small private school where her mom teaches, allowing her to get free tuition. Amy dates and has more experience with boys. As Dom recounts, "My best friend, Amy, wants to wait until college to 'do it,' but until then she'll do 'everything but' with boys she thinks are cute and have good bodies." At one of Amy's track meets, Dom meets a mystery boy who helps her when she has an accident. Mustering her courage and with Amy's help, Dom finds out that the mystery boy is a track star hottie named Wes and emails him. Instantly, a bond is formed, and Wes, who is quiet, shy and sweet, eventually becomes Dom's boyfriend. As high school seniors they experience many firsts, including spending the night together on prom night. When they both go away to college, however, they have to determine whether or not their relationship can survive long-distance dating. Snadowsky's writing is sharp, and Dominique's voice is clever, funny and extremely authentic. While the book discusses sex --- in almost clinical detail --- it is done so through the eyes of a girl who is insecure, curious and deeply in love. Like Judy Blume's groundbreaking novel, FOREVER, which was the first to explore the topic of a girl having sex, ANATOMY OF A BOYFRIEND puts a modern twist on the same type of tale. Curious teen girls might find answers to questions in this book that they were afraid to ask. --- Reviewed by Kristi Olson

great book!

this actually isnt the user, this is his daughter Stacey. but yes, im 14 and i finished this book alittle while ago, and it was fabulous. it was really a greatly wirtten book. the only thing is that it is pretty descriptive on a sexual note, but not in like a trashy way, so i dont suggest it to someone under 14. but it is a very good book i really enjoyed it as did my sister who is 16. =]

Kyrst P Anatomy of a Boyfriend

I really enjoyed reading Anatomy of a boyfriend. Anatomy of a Boyfriend is about a girl named Dominique and her boyfriend Wes. Throughout the book Dominique and Wes experiment with their intimacy. Dominique had to make a big decision of whether she wanted to have sex with Wes or not. I loved the plot of this book because it really speaks out to all of us teenage girls who are going through these life changes and decisions. Another character in the book was Dominique's best friend, Amy. Amy was a unique character because lets just say she had already made her rounds with the boys at school. One day Dominique meets Wes and they start to chat online through e-mail. They become closer and closer. I'm not going to tell u what happens after that because you need to read it to find out. There isn't too much I would change about the book, but I would love for her to make a sequel or even a series about Dominique. I would really enjoy getting inside Dominique's head a little bit more. I would recommend this book to any female student who is mature. Some of the content in this book may not be appropriate for some students because it provides many details about sexual endeavors. If you are curious about what to do when "the BIG question" comes up in your life you definitely need to read this book. It helped me to change me outlook on different situations. As a 14 year old girl I was taken back by Sndowsky's amazing writing and expression in this book. It was simply FABULOUS!

so comforting

I appreciated this book a lot. It's about being in high school and having your first serious relationship and you think it's going to last forever because isn't part of the definition of true love is that it lasts forever? Whatever. There was a time from two years ago til six months ago I felt just like Domonique (the main character who narrates the story). This boy from school became my whole life, and I was still so happy to be his girlfriend that I took all his bs. And when he dumped me, all my friends told me he was doing me a favor, but I just wanted to jump off a cliff. (skip to the next para if you haven't read the book yet). Chapter 36 says how Dom reacts minute by minute right after she gets dumped, and I went through the EXACT same thing in almost the same way, and it was sooooo nice to read about a character who felt that way too, to know I wasn't totally alone. People who haven't been in love will probably still like this book, cause it's pretty funny and there's a lot of suspense. But people who have been in love will get A LOT more out of it, IMO. I don't know if I could have related to Dom's state of mind if I read this before my ex. Personally, I thought this book was perfect.

brings back memories

I haven't been a "starry-eyed teen-ager in love" in years, but reading this novel about a seventeen-year-old girl who goes head over heels for a boy was just like reliving all those obsessive feelings I mistook for love way back when. Snadowsky really captures that emotional turmoil perfectly, and I wish I could have read this when I was a teen (minus the e-mails and internet chats, as back in my day we still used the phone--imagine that!). This is a marvelously and tightly written book. It's fast-moving, but there's just enough detail and local color to make it vivid. The characters were believable, and I especially fell in love with the main girl character's parents--how frustrating it is to see your own child suffer through the turmoil of first love and be unable to help them feel better. May I also mention how impressed I was by the love scenes? Snadowsky manages to convey all the awkwardness and humor concomitant with a young couple's first times. (And yes parents, the characters practice safe sex. Well, most of the time. The one time they don't is meant to demonstrate I think how being in love can sometimes cause us to take enormous risks that we wouldn't if we were thinking straight.) I strongly recommend this story for any person who's ever been deeply in love and deeply heartbroken. I would also strongly recommend this book to parents and other family members to help them understand (or to remember, more likely) what their teen-ager is going through.