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Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
1.0

I am honestly appalled and offended at how bad this book was. It's Daniel Handler! Lemony Snicket!! Before Why We Broke Up I would have sworn the man could have done no wrong. And I will say, at least, overlooking the magic pixie dream girl artist protag and the dumb jock boyfriend, this mess of a plot is at least well-written. Even at his worst Handler knows how to spin a phrase.
But I really can not get over how mundane & ordinary & pointless this entire story was was.... a terrible couple breaks up. There's no mystery - there's really no drama. Just two dumb teenagers and a jerk of a guy.