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Girl Over The Edge (2000)

by Amy Kinzer(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: Completely forgettable. The grammar, the spelling, the over use of certain phrases, poor characterisation and overall boring plot just made this an awful read for me. Usually I enjoy teenage based books with a significant message but this just seemed like a really bad attempt at offering the reader insight into a whiny and spoiled princess's life who didn't seem to care about anything other than going shopping and being popular. I didn't feel like there was any substance to the story and I hated that Chloe was just hidden away in a mental health facility and we didn't really find out what happened at that 'infamous party' so there was nothing for the reader to relate to.
review 2: This book was a terrible waste of time. From spelling and grammatical errors to ... morethe reuse of sentences, it is just all around poorly written. I understand the sentiment that teenagers are self centered and worried mostly about trivial high school crap, but I don't find the protagonist to be believable. She's blindsided by her own popularity more than anything else. She doesn't care that her parents are splitting up, that her grades suck, and that her friend is suicidal. This book appears to be a sad attempt at teaching young readers that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The subject matter is fine. It's not the first book I've read that discusses the topic. I get where the story was going and I think I deciphered the message, but the telling of it is just all wrong. If the characters had been more believable and the situations been more likely, I think my review and rating would be better. And the little ode to magical realism at the end was completely unnecessary and part of the reason I give this one star. less

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