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Title: pretentious, anyone?
Review: The horrible looking cover should have warned me with the dream catcher - but I still thought this would be a great book, I'm a big fan of Poppy Z Brite and everyone said this author would be along the same vein. Well, this book was pretty bad; she can write somewhat, but she tried to jam too many references to random bands and such in. the premise was a little tired, too, why have the goth-y stereotype of spiders? Why not something decidedly un-gothy, like a rabid gerbil? Anyway, besides lack of creativity, clichéd drug use, and pretentious references (PJ Harvey? I'm enlightened, but most people would probably not realize what a complete goddess she is), it's got *some* promise.
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