One just can't go wrong with a John Cusack movie. Seriously. And Better Off Dead is no different. It's got all the quirk of your standard 80s teen movie and a bunch of the dark humor to go with it. It's about a guy getting over a break up, falling in love again and having all sorts of weird shit happen to him in between. Without the boom box.
I don't give books star ratings; I give them bite ratings. This is a bite. A book can get up to five of these evil-looking chompers, including half bites.
You can attribute your own wording to the ratings. Five's the best, three's decent, one and under isn't worth the gas to go to the library. I'll leave it to you to fill in the blanks.