The Boy Who Never Slept and Never Had To

I just finished reading DC Pierson's first book "The Boy Who Never Slept and Never Had To". DC Pierson wrote and starred in a movie that was popular at movie festivals last year called "Mystery Team" and has guested on the popular show, "Community".

The book starts out as the story of a typical high school student who is into video games, Star Wars, super heroes, and avoiding conversations at all costs. What makes the book so lovable at first is the fact that we all knew someone like this in high school and even had a few traits similar to him. One of the best parts of the book is when he goes to house party with the high school drama team and they are all dancing to music playing over a computer.

SPOILER

The book somehow finds it way into science fiction. The main character befriends another nerdy kid who eventually shares that he is unable to sleep. This lack of sleep eventually evolves into him having day long hallucinations and eventually these hallucinations become real. Craziness ensues, but only for a few brief time because it is introduced so late in the book.

One of the main things I took from this book is a wonderment of what my brain would hallucinate into existence if given the power. Let's just say the world would know the fury that is millions of T-Rex riding,semi-nude replicas of my wife attacking the world while brandishing Chinese throwing stars and singing The White Stripes, "Seven Nation Army" at the top of their lungs. Please take a moment to be thankful that this book is only fiction and if you are one of the few people that happens to enjoy a story about an awkward teenager who somehow befriends another awkward teenager with super powers then also take a moment to read, "The Boy Who Never Slept and Never Had To".