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A review by jodiwilldare
Token by Alisa Kwitney, Joëlle Jones
2.0
Sometimes I get tired of the Holden Caufieldization of young adult literature. Why does the protagonist always have to be a friendless misfit? A lot of times the main character is friendless because they like vintage music (or, you know, the kind of music I, an adult like), reading books, and generally being a little sardonic when it comes to the people in their age group.
Maybe I am hopelessly out of it. I haven’t been a teenager for many, many years. Perhaps this is exactly the kind of thing that would make someone a friendless loser now days. Perhaps this is total bullshit. I think the loner is supposed to be symbolic of something, but I’m not entirely sure what anymore because it’s so overused. Is it the alienation of modern-teens? Is it that nobody will appreciate you until you’re older and see how cool you really are? Is it that it’s too hard to write about kids who feel lonely and alone even though they have friends?
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Maybe I am hopelessly out of it. I haven’t been a teenager for many, many years. Perhaps this is exactly the kind of thing that would make someone a friendless loser now days. Perhaps this is total bullshit. I think the loner is supposed to be symbolic of something, but I’m not entirely sure what anymore because it’s so overused. Is it the alienation of modern-teens? Is it that nobody will appreciate you until you’re older and see how cool you really are? Is it that it’s too hard to write about kids who feel lonely and alone even though they have friends?
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