content: I absolutely hated this book. At no point was I able to work up the slightest empathy for the whining and self involved main character. I actually laughed out loud and cheered "go dad!" in the scene where he slaps her for being rude and distant to her family. It took me over a week to plow through the book and I was left with a distinct sense that I had wasted precious reading time. I cannot imagine why it ever made anyone's best seller or best book list!