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Book Review of Getting Over Jack Wagner

Getting Over Jack Wagner
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I was SOOOO disappointed in this book. After reading the synopsis, I thought it would be a story about a girl dating musicians with some cool musical references thrown in (the part about the mix tape). Wrong. The musical aspects were an afterthought, at best. The main character just seemed whiny and the "emotional triple whammy" would barely rock the world of mature people. Plus, if you're going to have a pop culture reference in the title, you should be sure the pop culture references in the book are correct...and there were a couple glaring mistakes (Full House took place in San Francisco, not Seattle.) Although the author tries to point out why the theme of the book changed, the entire book read as self-indulgent.