YOUNG, BUT NOT HOPELESS!!!!!!1
347109
... THE WHOLE CD KICKS ...!!! MY FAVE SONGS ARE: THE ANTHEM, LIFESTYLES, WONDERING, THE STORY OF MY OLD MAN, GIRLS & AND BOYS, MY BLOODY VALENTINE, MOVING ON, RIOT GIRL, AND EMOTIONLESS!!! GC ROX!!! I'M A HUGE FAN!!!! I U LIKE PUNK MUSIC, U'LL LIKE GC!!!!! I ALSO RECCOMEND GC'S FIRST ALBUM. ALSO, THE SONG LITTLE THINGS ROX...
1756750
Even though I am...middle aged, ahem... I  remember having the same angst and these same thoughts as a teen. The author captures that search for love, and the disappointment that always follows when you find it outside of the love of Christ. I wish I could have read this book when I was 15, and could have realized this search was actually a search for the love and acceptance our Father freely gives. A must read!!!
4758301
I think this is a good book for a 13 or 14 year old. In part because of the way it's written and in part give it to them while they're young, before they've become numb and hopeless. There is a good message in it.
4452323
This is a good story but, I feel it is more for persons in their 20's, and 30's.  But I think it rates a high 3stars...3 7/8stars!
2592703
Finally a novel where a boy has the chance to prove that not all teenagers are troubled kid, and that, yes, it's not simple to be g ay, but it's not even the end of the world. True, Bobby, the boy in question, is probably living in a better situation than the majority of the g ay teenagers out there, and it's easier for him, but still, what strongly comes out of this story (no pun intended), is that, if a teenager has a strong and supporting family on his back, and a good net of relationship in front, then you can be g ay, and your story can be more educative than angst.

Bobby is the quarterback of his high school football team, he is handsome and kind, he is the "beau" of the school, and he is g ay. Bobby is a serene and well balanced kid, and his coming out to himself was balanced as well, first time he awakes in terror from a wet dream where Todd, one of his schoolmates, starred as main hero; at first he was scared, he prayed for it to not be true, he tried with all his own to make them disappear. But then the dreams continued and instead of being a feared appointment, they became almost a desired escape. All alone, with the strength and the quietness that characterize him, Bobby arrives to the realization that he is g ay and the world is not crashed. He does all the right steps, he first tells to his best friend, then to the school counsellor and his football coach. He was probably arriving to his family when he is outed by a high school paper.

It's not all a pink bubble for Bobby, it's not like every person he talks with is all right with him being g ay, but, truth be told, there are more people who support him than not. It's South California, and it's High School. Bobby, after all, is only a kid, and apart some fanatics, who would really go against an high school kid? It's not fair. So yes, at least until the time he is still in high school, Bobby has like a voucher on reality, he can still think that his dreams are not all gone wasted. But I also like that the author has clearly in mind that this is only a delaying, that sooner or later, Bobby will have to face that reality, and that not everything will be all right. Will Bobby be able to be a football professional player? Maybe yes, maybe no.

Basically Out of the Pocket is the story of a teenager boy and his outing. Recently I read someone explain the difference between coming out and outing: you do coming out when you decide that it's arrived the moment to do that, you are subjected to an outing when someone else decides that for you. So Out of the Pocket is not a coming out story, it's an outing story, but it still preserve a positive vision that not often you find in a story like that: in the end, the reader has the feeling that, even if Bobby will not reach his dream, he will not have a bad life after all.
3042601
I disagree with the reviewer who opined that this album gets better the older you get.
This album came out at just the right time for me to truly appreciate it...my early 20s...when I was having my first significant ups and downs with alcohol, relationships, etc.
The Music on this CD for me was full of angst and depression--as I was then.
But anymore...now that I am 30, and have stable career goals, have gained mature control over my use of alcohol, and am
less self-absorbed, less painfully shy, etc...
...this album has lost its power & mystique for me.  I pulled out the CD the other day, blew the dust off of it, because I was in search of some new songs to try out on my electric guitar.
...and it really struck me just how truly depressing most of this music is...and how ... the protagonists of the songs' narratives are.  I guess it was carthitic for me in my early 20s...but now that I'm almost 31, it's a little hard to take, really.  I wouldn't listen to this album for pleasure nowadays, and I hope I am never as depressed and in such emotional pain as I was in my early 20s when I listened to this CD religiously.
Not really sure if I want to keep this CD in my collection; I may for old times sake, but it will collect more dust before I play it again soon.  I got the follow-up album to this one when it came out a few years back--but I listened to it only recently--its songs are fairly insipid and they all sound alike...can't hold a match to NME, in all fairness.
2541055
A boy band from '06. The band members are really really young, we're talking born in 1997 and '96. Definitely a great band, especially for those who are very young.

Now that we have the basics down, let's do the reviewing. I've listened to many younger bands, just because I'm looking for talent beyond the regular American rock bands. These guys are a rock group, probably heavier than average rock, but not, definitely not heavy metal.

The quality is exquisite, it's amazing, it's outstanding to say the least. There aren't any mistakes in their music. It is completely refined, so the quality is there. I really do enjoy listening to real music! YES! You appreciate it after listening to crap all the time. And, this is real music!!! When it comes to quality.

But, personally, I do enjoy the fact that they keep the beat. It does get soft at sometimes, but the heavier parts keep the song going. Overall, without a doubt, a wonderful band....
3523990
Before I started reading this work, I was hoping it would be something I could recommend that would help other young people (teen through thirty-five) roughly, and I do feel that way.  We tend to think we are the only ones going through life struggles and especially as as our author says, when no-one is talking!

I am proud of where Mr. Zuniga is headed and how he has gone about seeking.  He doesn't try as so many do, to act like there is only one option out there and that is to give in to an addiction and sin lifestyle.  Whatever our struggle is, God asks us to allow Him to fight our battle.

Parents may see some new ways of understanding their children by reading this.  When we become parents and we are doing for the first time, we do not see certain spots of our children's development clearly as we parent other children and have life relationships within and without the family.  And dismissing his desires so quickly?  We could say, "What were they thinking?"  And yet someone else might say that to me about something else!  One thing I have learned is dont' be too quick to judge if you haven't been there.

I will tell others about his work and story.

This e-book was given to me free by Story Cartel for a fair review.  Mary Young Robinson, Boise, ID
329542
My 14 yo son was just diagnosed with type 1 & it is nice to know I'm not the only mom to feel how I been feeling!! & just how ignorant people are & how everybody has an opinion & advise,it's so frustrating!!!! It's a quick read & anybody with a family member or child with type 1 (especially recently diagnosis) can so relate . As a newly found good friend of mine said "I hate that this has happened to you & your child, welcome to the club of never the same again. Y'all will be ok & "normal" again,it'll just take some time."
785087
Here is the understandable survival guide for us common folk.  The younger you are, the more important this is....financially and in your search for a meaningful plan for your life....but applicable at any age!
4049867
I was first told of this young man's book by my brother.
He said it would grab me from the first few pages....and he was right!!

In the telling of "Guido's" story,he shows his incredible talent of being
able to bring you to where he was as a young boy...and then to where he is now,as a man,tried by fire and not found wanting....yet still on a journey of raw life,with his own ability to love,accept love in return,and to forgive!
 He shares his own weaknesses as well as his own triumphs equally.

I see no formal education here....and yet I see in these lines an unvarnished subtle brilliance and talent in writing.

Guido doesn't pull back on the punches in this horrific story of his own child abuse, both physical as well as sexual....not to mention emotional!!
One would think the perpetrators 'get away with it'. Ultimately they don't though.

Guido's intelligence shines through sharply ,along with his ability to "get down into the dirt" verbally, in order to bring the reader up close and personal to some very rough stuff!!

WELL DONE,Guido!!!
This may be your first book;but,here's hoping it's not your last!!!
4310540
I am 19 yrs. old, and felt a little embarrassed at first buying a teen novel, but it turned out to be better then i thought. Its pretty insightful, and not full of baloney, the authoer really gets into the head of these girls! However I would not recommend it for anyone younger then 17 yrs  of age. IT has alot of vulgar language, drug abuse, and sex. Which only someone with the right level of maturity can understand. Good and fun Read!
2061680
Promising young writer!  Teens & young adults sould enjoy his short stories. It will be interesting to see how he grows in the future!  I subscribe to his youtube channel & this guy is no dummy!
4810727
I like the philosophy of "Getting up and doing something!".  Here we have two young individuals that thought that they had so little, but each found that they had something for the other.
4764544
This is for young women just starting out in "love" or for those married under 15 years and still trying to figure out their man and relationshilp.  I am older and even though I found it entertaining and could relate to much of what Mr. Harvey said as being TOTALLY TRUE. (I had a wonderful husband and marriage but am now a widow).  It is not for us older folks even though we are starting over in finding someone to spend time with, our place in life is much different and far much less stressful....Lots of time, no kids at home, our own money, etc.  Personnally, I am glad those days are over and I can just tell a guy I am not interested in to "hit the road".
4298716
This is a good book for young people to read as they think about the direction they want their life to take.  Actually the acrostic is good for anyone who may be making a change.  He gives examples from his own experiences in life & in his profession.  It's easy to understand & to the point.
2012359
This is how the modern mind should think.  I'm 92 and have spent my life figuirng it all out, and happy to find that this young guy has found how to do it.  He is generally clear and lucid.. this is not a book for beginners, however..