Title: Unimpressed
Product review: I guess I have to join the group of readers who just don't understand why the critics seemed to love this book. The characters were two-dimensional; the plot was contrived; the humor was hit or miss; and the ending seemed rushed (though it couldn't come fast enough for me) and wasn't very satisfying. The characters certainly didn't seem to grow organically. Mostly the book just didn't seem to ring true. I could see the writer working in the background, adding bits of detail to fluff up the verisimilitude. A jester's cap for Todd's son? That just seemed a ridiculous. The one-dimensional skateboarders are thrown in there pretty much as a plot device, and not a very good one. I didn't much care for the dialogue, especially coming from the stereotyped characters, which this book has in abundance.I give it 2 stars because I actually laughed at some parts, but I would have gladly traded those laughs for some believable characters.
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