I can't tell you how horrible this book is because I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. Imagine: finger down the throat.Why do authors so often feel the need to give a main character red hair and make them 'beautiful' as well? Where I live most kids in high school naturally have brown or black hair with a few blonds and fake blonds mixed in. And those that do have red hair are not necessarily the most attractive girls and boys. In addition, why do authors give the heroine such weird names? Very is probably a good name for this young woman--she is VERY unlikeable as a character. She admits she is a slut--lost her virginity at 13 and loves the fact that so many guys and gals are attracted to her. She sees other people as playthings.She has no qualms about the fact that she lies, cheats and steals and participates in illegal activities at parties. Even though she has the privilege to go to Columbia University she squanders the opportunity.And so forth and so on---why would anyone want to read a book about a person that is so self-absorbed and lacks a moral compass? I have very mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed reading it, I don't regret reading it, but it felt extremely all over the place for me. I mean, Very's personality is all over the place, too, but still. I didn't feel like there was one main plot going on. I found a lot of the writing to be quite misogynistic, which is extremely WEIRD coming from a woman author. There were just some lines or actions that made me shake my head in shame. I've read another one of Rachel Cohn's books, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, which I adored, so I found it odd that I didn't really like this book in general. Again, it was cute and I'm happy I finished it, but it's definitely not my favorite. I don't necessarily recommend reading it, simply because there are way better books out there, and I don't really know what this book taught me, other than not over-using technology. It was a very mediocre read!
