The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project

The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project | Lenore Appelhans

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The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project goes out to all the word nerds and book geeks. The whole premise is a literary critique: Riley is a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, a sub-type of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. He lives in TropeTown where he hangs out with all the other trope characters until they‘re summoned by an author... Full review: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-manic-pixie-dream-boy-improvement-projec...

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Morinen

The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project | Lenore Appelhans

Lunch reading. It's intensely self-aware, and I have a huge smile on.

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danimgill

The Manic Pixie Dream Boy Improvement Project | Lenore Appelhans

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Came for the title, stayed because I‘m an absolute sucker for meta commentary on tropes. A lot of this book was very imaginative and well done but the pacing wasn‘t always on point. Overall though it‘s a quick read that‘s especially fun if you recognize what manic pixie scenes and characters are getting parodied.

TobeyTheScavengerMonk I read a great article about Say Anything... yesterday that pointed out that Lloyd is a manic pixie dream guy and Diane is more of the main character which makes total sense if you think about it. 5y

danimgill @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Oh wow I never thought about that movie like that! I‘ll have to watch it with that in mind now... 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk It‘s a good read! https://film.avclub.com/lloyd-dobler-is-cameron-crowe-s-original-manic-pixie-dr-... 5y

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