...Slightly less unreadable than some of the garbage that gets published these days. Take it with you on the airplane. Throw it in the garbage as soon as you land. Schlocky, manipulative, hackish--Yet not, it seems, forgettable. The best thing I can say is that ten years after reading it, I remember it well enough that it still annoys me.The stupid, bland narrator is annoying as hell; her friend is OK.