Helpful Score: 4
This book had the potential to be something extraordinary. However, the character development is weak, the story is cliched, and there is just not enough substance to keep a reader interested. While the subject matter is disturbing (the death of a teen) and real, the book tries to do too much at one time. In the end, I felt as though I still did not understand the message of the storyline. Plus, the characters were not people who I grasped, understood, or even cared about. Despite the hype, I found this work to be a letdown.
