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Title: Selfish Brat Boards and Bores
Review: Lee, the narrator and protagonist of Prep, is one of the most unlikeable main characters that I've encountered. Her tedious self-consciousness gets old by the time she's a sophomore. The endless introspection and judgments of others seem to be way beyond what a teenager would actually think or be able to articulate. The author's adult perspective is too apparent in many of Lee's riffs on her classmates, teachers, parents, etc.The story is absorbing enough; the settings seem authentic. It makes for a decent read, but Lee comes off as a selfish, self-absorbed and ungrateful snob-in-reverse.
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