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I don't like DNFing novels, so I'll finish this one. But it's dragging for me, painfully. It's not the worst plot ever, but it's just not for me. People like the ones portrayed here are my personal nightmare. The blurb didn't mention anything about just how hardcore this novel gets (drugs/sex).

The novel lacks soul. The plot's getting boring now, and I'm not the least bit invested in the characters' vapid lives.

While the plot is engaging, none of the characters have anything redeeming in their makeup. I don't like any of them, so I'm finding it difficult to empathise with any of them, the protagonist included.

Teens doing cocaine!! 😨

And Jas is acting like a dirty douche, what with passive-aggressively stringing Rio along while dating another girl. Mixed signals suck, as do those who send them.

This isn't a simple stereotypical plot about rich & popular kids versus poor & stoner kids. Almost everyone (except for the scholarship kid) comes from wealth. And Rio wants to hang with the "stoner" guy, but he's got a girlfriend & is sending her mixed signals. Plus, Rio's mom wants her to hang with the popular kids.