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Title: A huge disappointment
Review: I thought this book would detail Lee's growth through from an insecure freshman to a self-confident and self-respecting young woman by the time she graduates. Unfortunately, the main character remains a shallow, insipid shell of a human being to the very last page. There is no personal growth nor a resolution to her maddening self-confidence issues, and the book drags to a conclusion. It is wrought with stereotypes without containing any meaningful commentary; the reader is simply supposed to accept that the one black girl in the story steals, and that the main character would have been afraid to talk to a certain beautiful (Hispanic) classmate "if she had been white". Reading the interactions between the main character and a boy she's involved with are nothing short of painful, as the sex scenes are degrading to the point of being revolting. I would not recommend this book to anyone, and regret the time I took to read it.
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