s quite bigoted and there are other ways this can be done without the shock factor of a white author just so casually writing those words. It was not needed and could have been done so many other ways. Some of t31:T427,So I made it almost a quarter through and was struggling. I checked out other reviews and questions on here and found that it wasn't just me. The excessive detail was too much, it often pulled me out of the story. I might have been able to get through, except that I just didn't care. I didn't care about the main character and her myriad of problems. She wasn't worth my time. I kind of perused the rest of the book to be sure, but based on what I read + the questions + other reviews, I feel confident I get the jist of what basically happened/happens and have decided not to finish. I'm disappointed because I was interested in her journey and the reinvention-of-self, but again, she wasn't someone I felt myself pitying or cheering on, there was just nothing.

This book has been shelved as a Did-not-Could-not-Finish for me, officially my 1st. Some books I just put down for awhile, often years, knowing there is something that will bring me back to finish them, plus I hate to DNF books. With this book, I feel nothing positive in the future.32:T724,Wow. This was such an unique book.

When I finished it, I opened it up Goodreads and gave it 4 stars. But I couldn't stop thinking about that night and into the next morning. After I found myself spending my whole shower thinking about this book, I realized this book was really a 5 star read for me. And I don't give 5 stars often.

I think initially I gave it 4 stars because through the majority of the book, I didn't like any of the characters, including Ani. And by the end, I only felt a slight thaw towards her, but it was better than my original disdain.

The story weaves between Ani's carefully cultivated New York image, and her embarrassingly middle class teen years in Philadelphia, raised by a distant father and

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