Title: Depth for the Harry Potter generation.
Product review: One would be hard pressed to fault MTV for publishing this, as such a move was a stroke of genius, without a doubt. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the book itself. Trying to push back the modern onslaught of empty, sentimentalist pap disguised as hardy intellectualism would be like trying to clobber some sense into a fundamentalist intent on blaming natural disasters on widespread homosexuality, so I won't try. Suffice to say, the cornerstone of this book is more of the innocence lost with age stuff, so if you're into that as a (the only) central theme, by all means, proceed. If you want some content and some real insight as opposed to a collage of bloated daytime TV "observations", check out David Foster Wallace, Don Delillo, or Mark Danielewski instead. If you're a teenager unable to relate to anything beyond your incredibly narrow range of cultural cliches, at least pick up Like the Red Panda and ignore this. Save a tree.
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