Review: Dark and somewhat contrived
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 14, 2011
This is a dark story and virtually every character is more or less unappealing - many of them in contrived ways.One thing that kind of confused me was the setting of the story.  There was a reference to a drive-in theatre, which made me feel that maybe this was set in the past (and the names - "Dean," "Les," "Freddy"), but then it became clear it was taking place now.  It was part of a larger trend of inattention to detail on the writer's part (a girl is wearing a denim skirt at the beginning of a date, later in the date her "jeans" are mentioned) that detracted from the story.I felt as if the author had a story to tell about Dean and his journey into disintegration and used this really dramatic story and twist as a vehicle for that.  The problem was the details of the dramatic story didn't ring true, especially when it came to the female main character.