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Caring Is Creepy (2012)

by David Zimmerman(Favorite Author)

3.03 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1569479771 (ISBN13: 9781569479773)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Soho Press

review 1: I don't know what to make of this book. It was odd, for sure. Lynne is a strange 15 year old. She describes how she's feeling but, seems devoid of emotion. A lot of the things in the book were unrealistic. So, Lynne and her friend Dani go to online dating sites to "mess with people" (really to mess with men, obviously). Her friend Dani was annoying and dramatic. Then she meets Logan. He's a 25 year old soldier stationed nearby. Logan goes AWOL right around the time Lynne's mothers boyfriend Hayes gets in a lot of trouble trying to double cross some associates. As the violence escalates, Logan (who is being held captive by Lynn in a small, hot, crawlspace) starts to go slowly crazy. The fact that statutory rape was involved... Or rather the fact that statutory rape was invo... morelved and no one seemed concerned bothered me too. The ending was crazy. Depending on what you are looking for, I wouldn't say avoid it. Just be prepared to suspend disbelief at certain points.
review 2: This book is creepy! Lynn Marie and her friend Dani start playing "the Game", where they pretend to be someone else online and see what reactions they get. One day when Dani is out of the room, Lynn Marie breaks the rules of the game and uses her real name to communicate with a guy they meet online. Lynn Marie and Logan start talking on the phone, and as things progress 25 year old Logan proposes to come meet 15 year old Lynn Marie so that they can get to know each other. It turns out that while Logan seems like he might have poor judgement, Lynn Marie is really the creepy one. Complications include Lynn Marie's mother's involvement with a drug addict who is getting into big trouble with some local dealers. The chapters are short and tantalizing. The action, while cumulatively far-fetched, is riveting. The story is written as almost stream of consciousness 15 year old girl, so is authentic and well done. The one thing that bothered me, and this I assume was a stylistic choice to go with the local dialect, was the use of the word "of" rather than "have", e.g. he would of gone, she would of said that, etc. Overall, a well done very creepy story. Gr. 8+ Drugs, sex, alchohol abuse. less

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