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Title: Average book
Review: It appears that the author, who apparently works in publishing, found a niche to fill within the YA market, and went for it. While it certainly not even nearly "genius" much less in the realm of great YA literature, it isn't awful. The sad thing is that it is actually a very mediocre book-- it is just that the subject matter-- a gay teen novel not going into over kill on the angst element-- hasn't yet been exploited, so the book, on first look, seems to be more than it is. But the writing is very middle of the road, as is the naive and slightly silly 'optimism' presented here. The book is sadly, in the end, a very mediocre piece of literature. It is a lesson in that mediocrity can be masked by the right packaging, topics of shock, hype or marketing hook.
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