sheila_p 's review for:

Undiscovered Gyrl: The Novel That Inspired the Movie Ask Me Anything by Allison Burnett

4.0

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This is a quick and easy read that I felt almost guilty about reading. The main character is a self-absorbed teenagers (we can all relate, even if we don't want to admit it) that can justify even her worst behavior. She writes this blog of her exploits that are bad but by no means the worst we have read. I was completely engaged in her story, it was easy to be, she was so self-destructive without being tragic. And then the end. I can't tell you but in the final 10 pages everything changes and I looked at the book in an entirely different way. This book gave me such food for thought as a parent of teens in the age of electronic communication. How do we know what is real or imagined? Or who is reading and playing a role in the real life drama? This book is much more than I originally gave it credit for. Read it.