Review: Coming-of-Age Story with Depth
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 27, 2013
This is a wonderful coming-of-age story with some depth. It starts out as perhaps just another snarky teenager explaining her overly-dramatic, filled-with-angst life, but turns into SO much more. Stacy, a freshman in high school whose life seems almost unbearable to her, is a wonderful character. She has lots of reasons to hate her life: some of them normal, and some actually tragic. But all of the characters in this very readable story have flaws, making them all realistic and relatable. I found myself cheering Stacy on, hoping she'd find the beauty in life among all of the tragedy (real and imagined) surrounding her. I loved the way the year unfolded for her, and recommend this one to both teenagers and their parents.