I forced myself through the first 100 pages of this book before giving up. Lamb does get inside this adolescent's head with an eerie emotional accuracy, but I never felt like he really empathized with the character. I was always a few steps outside of her, looking in. It felt creepy. (Unlike the view of the protagonist in Bastard Out Of Carolina or The Bluest Eye.) And one of the more brutal episodes was so predictable, I found myself dreading it as I read. I don't recommend it.