Election

This book is 200 pages of train wreck perfection. I could not tear my eyes away from these characters and their petty thoughts and high school dramatics. It opens in spring of 1992, the year I graduated from high school. The height of Bill Clinton's Gennifer Flowers accusations and post-Anita Hill hearings. The first page took me right back to those days. If you're looking for a short fast wild read and you remember high school pre-internet, pre-cell phones- get this one from the library- it's there. This was published way back in 1998 and while the politicians are old and Some are out of power- the stories of these characters are as prevalent then as they are now. HIGHLY recommend. This author is new to me and now I've just added five more of Perrotta's books to my pile...

Can tell me why this book had to open like it did? Way to lose a reader in less than three paragraphs.

There was so much focus on messed up relationships, and no discussion on how the characters were redeemed or forgiven. Just felt like it was a book about nothing so much as how awful adult men are.