Title: Ignore the hype
Product review: Where do I begin? Firstly, this book reads like a promotional brochure for Princeton. Secondly, the brochure is poorly written. The characters are one-dimensional, the dialogue is stilted, the 'mystery' is non-existent, and the plot moves only marginally faster than a turtle in quicksand.It is fairly obvious from the outset that this is some sort of coming-of-age novel, however, phrases like "Adulthood is a glaciar encroaching quietly on youth" make me wonder if the authors themselves have yet to mature.Shame on the writer of the jacket blurb who compared The Rule of Four to The Name of the Rose. Comparing Caldwell/Thomason to Umberto Eco is akin to comparing Danielle Steele to Virginia Woolf.If you feel the need to read this book then go your library or borrow it from someone. It's not worth $40.
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