tgwood505 's review for:

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

2.0

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Oh, did I want to love this book. Because I love Lorrie Moore. I do, I do. But I thought that this book failed in so many big ways which, unfortunately, overshadowed the lovely things that Moore did with language. It's a schizophrenic little book...a teenager trying to decide who it wants to be (class clown? emo-chick? drama queen? band geek?). I found myself baffled (and even a little insulted) by some of the plot elements which verged on the ludicrous at times. I also found the narrator to be credible but really, really tragically flippant at all the wrong moments. Oh shoot. I hate to say bad things about writers I admire.