I can't even finish this book.I also really want to like the novel, but the poor quality of the writing, the unrealistic dialogue, and the inaccurate and gratuitous references to punk images (if protagonist Melany makes ONE MORE REFERENCE to the fact that she has blue hair, I'm going to scream) makes this too frustrating--and boring--to get all the way through. As a punk dyke in my twenties, I feel obligated to say that this is NOT what the scene was or is all about--at least not in the first few chapters.Read Bett Williams' GIRL WALKING BACKWARDS instead. It's lot more realistic and on-target, in my humble opinion.