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Please Don't Kill the Freshman
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DNF. I got at least 30 pages into this and found it much too cryptic for me to keep up with (read: I'm too old now for this nonsense!). The multiple 'List of Characters' are more like a key to break a code and the writing style reads like someone overly inspired by their first creative writing class -- where things like pills are described as "quiet" ("and take some quiet pink pills," page 9). That gave me a good sense of the book. It's not like any diary I've ever written, for sure.
I know I'm not the target audience for it and it was written by a teenager (yep, it's a pretentious teenager. Spot on, duh, because it's written by one.). There's slack I should cut it. But I don't think I can because of that it apparently got after being republished. I'm still struggling with the plausibility and the legality (read the other goodreads review implying parts of it aren't true. Sounds like a potential legal nightmare). The fact this book only has around 100 goodreads reviews since coming out in 2003-ish, despite being pumped by Dave Eggars and Zadie Smith, has me wondering if it was hyped properly by the publisher -- has me wondering if the author merely had connections to publication that I'm not clear on. The author is now well known in the library world (Zoe Trope was a pen name) and Charlie Jane Anders has mentioned her on the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast (which I listen to religiously). Thus, I was compelled to pick this book up for reasons other than pure interest in teen angst. Bonus fact: she apparently , but who knows why we know that? Was Dunham published young too? Probably. Anyway, it made me want to read the book even more. I apparently love drama.
One thing that did bother me in the book is how she says she doesn't like being friends with girls. Maybe that changes throughout the book but it's quite sad to read today. I certainly don't think that's true of the author anymore. I'm quite a fan of her work/writing about libraries and librarianship. I just don't think this book ended up being what the publishing world probably wanted it to be?
Read the rest of my review:
I know I'm not the target audience for it and it was written by a teenager (yep, it's a pretentious teenager. Spot on, duh, because it's written by one.). There's slack I should cut it. But I don't think I can because of that it apparently got after being republished. I'm still struggling with the plausibility and the legality (read the other goodreads review implying parts of it aren't true. Sounds like a potential legal nightmare). The fact this book only has around 100 goodreads reviews since coming out in 2003-ish, despite being pumped by Dave Eggars and Zadie Smith, has me wondering if it was hyped properly by the publisher -- has me wondering if the author merely had connections to publication that I'm not clear on. The author is now well known in the library world (Zoe Trope was a pen name) and Charlie Jane Anders has mentioned her on the Our Opinions Are Correct podcast (which I listen to religiously). Thus, I was compelled to pick this book up for reasons other than pure interest in teen angst. Bonus fact: she apparently , but who knows why we know that? Was Dunham published young too? Probably. Anyway, it made me want to read the book even more. I apparently love drama.
One thing that did bother me in the book is how she says she doesn't like being friends with girls. Maybe that changes throughout the book but it's quite sad to read today. I certainly don't think that's true of the author anymore. I'm quite a fan of her work/writing about libraries and librarianship. I just don't think this book ended up being what the publishing world probably wanted it to be?
Read the rest of my review:
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Finished Reading
November 3, 2019
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