Review: Waste of a Plot With Flat, Cliched Characters
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2012
The first portion of the book wasn't great but it was kind of fun the way chick lit is supposed to be. Towards the end, the writer tries to turn a bit serious and explores the whole "love vs. marriage", "best for self vs. best for society/family/image", and some kind of a tale of a revolutionary fighting against a cold, repressive government. A more skilled writer could have pulled it off but Ms. Gean is not that talented. The back half is where all the swearing begins out of nowhere. Curse words do not bother me but it's like, what happened? In New York she's like this sweet Southern Bell (even though she's not trying to be, I mean, come on now, she likes Nirvana and has a nose piercing!) but as soon as she gets back down to Memphis it's F this and F that. It's like Ms. Gean asked herself, "How can I make this seem more serious and deep? I know, curse words!"The biggest annoyance are the characters. The artsy counter culture characters are a Hot Topic cliche (tattoos! piercings! dark make up! pink hair! Vans! and umm... What's a "cool" band, oh right, Nirvana!) while the rich preppy characters are more like Abercrombie cliches (polos, polos, more polos and mini skirts!).