Review: I SHOULDN'T HAVE WASTED THE TIME
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
But the next one looks better.This book is about a teen who leaves her native Ohio to go to college in North Carolina. You would expect a person like that to have a streak of independence, but not her. She can't breathe without her roommate and some of her roommate's loser friends.I'm talking about loser girlfriends in the dorm. There are plenty of other losers in this book, but if you've gone out and lived you know you can't avoid people like that. Every now and then you can give those losers a leg up to help them leave that phase of their life behind.BUT Rachel isn't interested in improving anything until she learns about art forgeries. Of course that would interest her; since she's been old enough to follow instructions she's helped her dad at the family business-repairing and refurbishing antiques and artwork.When you went to college didn't you befriend people who shared your major and your interests, regardless of their dormitory? Not Rachel. Oh sure, there were things you did with the people who lived on your hall-secret Santa comes to mind and my hall threw a bridal shower for me. ( A surprise shower, with little gifts. College students are generally poor.) I still cherish the recipe cards and loved the dish towels and wash cloths, long since replaced, because I know the cost might have been nothing today, but it was a lot to a college student.Rachel finds a mystery and shows bravery and independence when she decides to see if she can solve it. So where is that independence when she goes home for break and meets the woman her father is dating?I would always talk to my mom. If I didn't like the man I would always keep the discussion short and think ahead of time of three good things to say, then restrict myself to three bad things and gosh, was I careful how I worded things.The most important thing to remember was that I loved my mom and I didn't want to hurt her feelings.This book gives a preview of the next book in the series. It already sounds better.I would hope the author has Rachel stand on her own two feet in the future.