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262 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
In high school, hell is not the absence of God, but communication.>Besides the few positives, I hated all of the characters. Every single one. Thyme was the only person who had any sort of dynamic (in The Twenty, but also the druggy/party scene, and the weird thing she had with Will + her two best friends), but her personality was so gross. She never seemed to be satisfied with anybody except Will, and she victimized herself all.the.time. She whined and whined about how hard school was and how she hated her parents and hated her best friends. She was just a jerk, not to mention the ridiculous amount of times she used the words "autistically" and "retarded." I thought maybe that was just Thyme's thing but then Will (Mister Social Justice / Fight the System) said "retarded" too. Ugh. Every character besides Thyme just seemed like another high school stereotype. Meera--the Science Fiction Freak. Will--the Artsy Hipster. Suze--the "Slut." Lida--the Flaky Pothead. Like, change things up a little. Please.