A review by jessrock
Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno

1.0

I read this book because the Gaper's Block book club selected it to be its first title, so I thought I'd read it in case I decided to go to the discussion. Turns out the discussion was scheduled at the same time as my guitar class, so I didn't go, but that might be just as well because I didn't think much of the book, anyway. It's written in the same confessional, rambly style as [b:The Perks of Being a Wallflower|22628|The Perks of Being a Wallflower|Stephen Chbosky|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167352178s/22628.jpg|2236198] and [b:The Catcher in the Rye|5107|The Catcher in the Rye|J.D. Salinger|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517671s/5107.jpg|3036731], but I couldn't find anything likeable about the narrator or the story. He rambles about girls and music, but nothing really goes anywhere until the last few pages, when he has the sudden realization (ohmigosh!) that the punks and the jocks and the nerds are really all the SAME, just using different interests or activities to distinguish themselves from each other. It felt pretty painfully cliched, like the author just wanted something to distinguish the end from the rest of the story.