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“I don’t believe anyone who is legitimately interesting can be popular as a teenager” Mel went on. “Or ever, maybe. Popularity rewards the uninteresting.”

September 3, 2017 by Malin 1 Comment

3.5 stars Elise Dembowski has always been painfully uncool at school, and spends an entire summer pretty much studying up on how to become popular, spending much of her savings in the process on a new wardrobe, without any success at all. Things may in fact have gotten even worse for her. In a moment of despair, she cuts herself pretty deeply, and while bleeding, calls a school mate, who naturally freaks out and has paramedics sent to Elise’s house. After this event, Elise’s divorced […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: alienation, cbr9, contemporary fiction, Depression, Leila Sales, Malin, music, This Song Will Save Your Life, Young Adult

Malin's CBR9 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: alienation, cbr9, contemporary fiction, Depression, Leila Sales, Malin, music, This Song Will Save Your Life, Young Adult ·
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