First person can be so hard to pull off... and it wasn't done well here, IMO. I honestly saw no distinction in personality between the two characters so far. It was a lot of observational, semi-omniscient plodding statements. The set-up was just boring and trite: parents at a suicide prevention charity event while their son across town is "virtually" making the worst "decision" of his life; single dad getting a "feeling" that his (annoying, stereotypical) daughter is in danger, but just going about his work night until finally something happens in the plot, exactly what you would expect from a teenager going to a party in a book like this.
Maybe I'm being too harsh, but from what I've read so far, I really don't want to see how this author handles such tough issues as suicide, teen social warfare and/or assault, and rich white people problems. I fear it would either be upsetting to me at worst and at best, really, really boring. So, yep, this one is not for me. Thanks for the first look, though!
Maybe I'm being too harsh, but from what I've read so far, I really don't want to see how this author handles such tough issues as suicide, teen social warfare and/or assault, and rich white people problems. I fear it would either be upsetting to me at worst and at best, really, really boring. So, yep, this one is not for me. Thanks for the first look, though!