Cassie C. (crusadercassie) - reviewed on 10/5/2009 + 2 more book reviews

I too remember and used to love choose-your-own-adventure books when I was young, and I was really disappointed that this didn't capture the same youthful, adventurous spirit. It made me uncomfortable to "be" a character that was constantly abusing drugs or having a lot of grimy one-night-stands. You get very few happy endings here, and those usually come at the end of some awful hardship. It's hard to say who this would appeal to, since there isn't enough darkness, irony, or humor to make this a parody, but there isn't enough realism to make any of the stories resonate with you in any kind of meaningful way. It's an ambitious work, but it's no fun at all. If you're okay with storylines that involve you being raped, being a meth addict, or being brutally murdered, then this may work for you, but I have a feeling most who seek this title out aren't looking for that kind of thing.

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