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Book DescriptionPublication Date: June 17, 2014The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community.
The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying, unexplained seizure in class. Rumors of a hazardous outbreak spread through the family, school and community.
As hysteria and contagion swell, a series of tightly held secrets emerges, threatening to unravel friendships, families and the town's fragile idea of security.
This book is told in three different perspectives: Father, daughter,
son - which at times makes for a real difficult read. It was very much like putting
a jigsaw puzzle without the benefit of having a picture on the pieces. The
writing is choppy at best, confusing at worst with its unfinished thoughts and
sentences.
If it had not been for the rave reviews, the high kudos for the author
and her style of writing (subject matter, depth of characters, how she
supposedly understands teens) I would not have agreed to read and review this
novel.
I must say that this should have been a very intense read, but it was
not. The girls, though-out most of the
book, are not what I would have called ‘bad girls’, though so many readers are
saying that this is was part of the books charm. I found the girls to be inarticulate and
flighty but not bad.
The mystery is another aspect – there are so many red herrings; one
that is played on heavily, that are just not very believable. Perhaps it would be more realistic to a
pre-teen or young adult…I think even they have more common sense to understand
what the author is try oh so horribly, to do.
So much of this novel was just completely unbelievable –what teen girl would
‘help’ a friend (no matter how good a friend) physically adjust a crooked tampon?
The ending to the mystery of these girls getting sick was
easily predictable –maybe that is just my age and experience and the targeted
audience wouldn’t be able to see it coming a mile off. Frankly, with all the sexual innuendo to be found
within these pages, I don’t think this book is even appropriate for the
targeted pre-teen audience.
ARC –supplied by publisher
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