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It’s summertime and James Sveck is all set to go to Brown in the fall. The only problem is that James doesn’t want to go to college. He doesn’t like college students. In fact, he really doesn’t like much of anyone.
His family isn’t much help. His father consents to eating a token lunch with him now and then, but they haven’t much to talk about. His mother has returned abruptly, prematurely, from her honeymoon, distraught, talking of divorce. His sister is acrimonious toward him and spends her tim ...more
His family isn’t much help. His father consents to eating a token lunch with him now and then, but they haven’t much to talk about. His mother has returned abruptly, prematurely, from her honeymoon, distraught, talking of divorce. His sister is acrimonious toward him and spends her tim ...more
I enjoyed the first 3/4ths of this, and found the ending rushed and unsatisfying; it would have been a 4-star book if the ending had matched the set-up, and a 2-star book if the beginning hadn't been so strong as to override the ending that left me furiously disappointed.
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