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A review by sbn42
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman
3.0
2.5 * generously rounded to 3
I enjoyed all of the strange characters that populated Maggie's boarding house and Nina's bookstore in the Larchmont neighborhood of LA - except for two, and they happened to be the main characters.
Laura and Bob acted like pre-teen versions of Romeo and Juliet finding first "love". Their interactions were so awful about "does he/she like me?" that I literally kept falling asleep trying to slog through their angsty ruminations.
It was nearly painful getting to the end, but there were just enough distractions along the way to keep me from chucking it in. Once I saw that SnaggleBuggle was going to be visiting the bookstore and about a zillion kids showed up to see him/her/it, I knew the rest of the book would be highly entertaining.
I enjoyed all of the strange characters that populated Maggie's boarding house and Nina's bookstore in the Larchmont neighborhood of LA - except for two, and they happened to be the main characters.
Laura and Bob acted like pre-teen versions of Romeo and Juliet finding first "love". Their interactions were so awful about "does he/she like me?" that I literally kept falling asleep trying to slog through their angsty ruminations.
It was nearly painful getting to the end, but there were just enough distractions along the way to keep me from chucking it in. Once I saw that SnaggleBuggle was going to be visiting the bookstore and about a zillion kids showed up to see him/her/it, I knew the rest of the book would be highly entertaining.