And the writing flails about, trying to be unique but flopping around in the shallow waters of useless pop culture references and self-righteous literary references.Īctually, the references are quite good. She wants her brother to stay in a relationship not because it is in any way beneficial to him, but because she likes his girlfriend. She wants the school to forgive her and give her what she wants even though she personally injured their chances at getting funding. She wants the choir teacher to magically understand her point of view without bothering to explain it to him. She is an accurate middle-schooler, which is to say, unrepentantly self-centered, without thoughts for anyone but herself. She is her own worst enemy, even though she tries to blame her problems on other people. But it needs to be said.Ĭassie is unlovable. And I met the author, and he seemed like a nice guy, so it's nothing personal. It didn't change them, but it did make me stop and think, which is more than a lot of angst-saturated fiction can say. First off, I'd like to say that if nothing else, this book did make me evaluate my views on whether or not everything happens for a reason.
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