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I originally found 'PDKTF' at a used-book sale, last year, and figured that it would be just like any one of the seemingly thousands of young-adult and teenage-girl oriented books that constantly circulate through the literary industry. (This is my Mom's book account, by the way). At the time, I was just getting ready to go into my first year of high school, and thought I would benefit from a funny, charming, two-hour-or-so read. Little did I know, Please Don't Kill The Freshman is about as far as you can get from a two-hour-or-so read, though it IS just about as funny and charming as you can possibly get. Reading through Zoe Trope's memoir was like reading through my own marble-covered journal - if I was a metaphoric wordsmith/goddess, that is. Her writing is touching, poignent, sometimes downright crude, and always endlessly captivating. It's one of my favorite books of all time, and I still have the original copy I bought. (Even though when I bought it, it was already falling apart, and now the front cover is half-ripped, the pages are covered with various food-stains, and there are endless notes in the margines and underlined or circled paragraphs). You don't have to be a teenager to fall in love with the book, or it's writer. It had good points for adults, and I don't doubt that at some points, Mizz Trope's well-worded recollections will bring back memories of your own wayward teen years. Me, I'm a Sophomore now, but I've still re-read PDKTF once this year. It isn't an advice book, it isn't a fantasy novel, and it's not exactly a memoir, either. It's a well put together, amazingly written piece of art, that I think all people should get the chance to read and expierence.
