I came across this book last year because my school's librarian had run out of shelf space and put all of the books that haven't been taken out ever or very little into a few boxes. She asked the Library Club (a group of my friends and I) to pick out any books we may want to keep. I figured, as long as they were free I might as well grab a bunch! This was one of them.

And I'm glad I didn't have to pay a dime for this.

Let me tell you, even though I am only 50 pages into it, it pains me to read any further. The writing isn't all that great, the characters annoying and forgettable, and of course, the coincidental bad things that happen to her are 1 in a million.

This book begins with Ellen, whose family is oh so annoying and out to get her, her boyfriend is SO gorgeous, she has a gossipy best friend, and a guy friend named Julian, who loves her a lot and can't bear her being with her jerk boyfriend. It starts with Julian telling a truthful story about how his friend saw her boyfriend and best friend making out together. Of course Ellen thinks Julian is jealous and FREAKS out and tells him that she will never love a weasel like him. She goes to her boyfriend's party, hoping to have her first time, only to realize Julian was right, and her boyfriend told her how lame she really was and there was no use waiting for her to be ready. Eventually, the parent's find out and freak out too, and ground her. She goes to pick up the phone, to find that her mother is having an AFFAIR with her English teacher. When she goes back to school, everyone tells lies about her to make her cry and she throws a pity party for herself when Julian won't take her back! Boo hoo.

I could not STAND reading another word of this story, mostly because of how pathetic Ellen is. She makes me physically sick, as she reminds me of some old friends who used to try to slither back into my life while throwing a pity party saying how they were so stupid and sorry. When even though, they had not learneda thing from how they had hurt anyone. Please. You think your best friend will take you back after you were a GIGANTIC jerk to him!? I cheered for Julian 100% in this novel.

And on another note, even when she heard her mother on the phone exchanging sexy, sexy words with Mr. English teacher, WHY OH WHY did she sit and cry about it? If you were going to confront her, do it then. Accuse her right after she gets off the phone and demand an answer. She couldn't possibly lie her way out of it when you recite every word the two exchanged.

And then of course, how many people have lost their best friend, lost another best friend AND your boyfriend because they were sleeping together, and found out their mother was cheating with your teacher in the span of A DAY!? It's like she won the unlucky lottery. I couldn't even pretend that this story could possibly be real.

All in all, I'm going to be donating this book as soon as possible. Hopefully someone will enjoy this book, because I couldn't possibly get any enjoyment out of it. It had a great concept, but was ruined by the characters. ( )