Title: for the sullen 14-year old in your life
Review: I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at how overwrought and predictable this book was -- the author wrote the equally overwrought/predictable movie Dream For An Insomniac. Regardless, everything about this book just worked my nerves, from the main character Trixie (who, though incredibly self-obsessed, gives no real evidence of having an inner life or an interest in cultivating one), to her ill-fated boyfriend (the stock brilliant, brooding Kurt Cobain/James Deansian rebel) to the equally generic Shallow Parent Characters. The simplistic way the author writes her characters and dialogue would be acceptable in a teen novel, but in one ostensibly for an adult audience is either laughable or cringeworthy. Actually, both. Save your money...
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