MixedThe Michigan Daily\"I’m curious about Wilson’s decision, as a man, to write from the perspective of a teenage girl rather than a boy. Having gone through teenage girlhood myself, Wilson’s Frankie character was not particularly convincing ... could have used more attention to the plot rather than trying to needlessly come to conclusions that could have just flowed naturally if the story itself stood on its own two legs ... the novel itself seems full of half-baked ideas with plot points that seem extraneous at best and often very out of place. As many issues as I had with the novel, I enjoyed the anticipation of what might happen next. I may not have been happy with the ending and wished for more, but Wilson’s portrayal of American teenagehood was nostalgic and kept me interested enough to get to the last page.\
