Based on reviews I read, I looked forward to reading A Ship Made Of Paper. I tried very hard to give the author every chance to make up for something stupid in the plot. He failed. While this book could have made some very positive statements about interracial love, it continuously plodded through very negative racial stereotypes. Many of the characters, not just the main characters, validated so much of the negative perceptions we have about each other. Although fiction, I wonder just how much of this was based on personal experience. The ending was miserable. I closed the book and said to myself, "what a waste of time!"