A review by vegprincess
Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann

3.0

At times this book was more like 3.5 stars but I gave it 3 for "overall." I didn't like the book as much as I thought I would. I think it could have been a little shorter and there were a few points in the book where it kind of dragged along. I really didn't care for Eveline, the heroine of the novel, as she was bland and weak and didn't generate any emotion in me. I can hate a character and love a book but I couldn't even hate Eveline because she was just too "blah". I did enjoy the writing style, though, which is why I can say I liked the book. Thayer Hamann does have a way with language. I'm thinking that maybe my expectations were too high (one of the blurbs on the back of the book said that this is basically the next Catcher in the Rye. Eveline is no Holden Caulfield)or it just wasn't the right time for me to read it but the book just didn't resonate with me. To be fair, I'll probably read it again and maybe I'll feel differently.