Author: Rebecca Harrington
Type: Paperback
Read: 31st March - 3rd April
Rating: 1/5
Published: July 2013 by Virago Press (UK)
When Penelope O’Shaunessy, “an incoming freshman of average height and lank hair” steps into Harvard Yard for the first time she has lots of advice from her mother: "Don't be too enthusiastic, don't talk to people who seem to be getting annoyed, and for heaven's sake, stop playing Tetris on your phone at parties." Penelope needs this advice. She is the kind of girl who passes through much of her life with coffee spilled on her white shirt, who can't quite tell when people are joking, and who, inevitably, always says the wrong thing. But no amount of coaching will prepare Penelope for the people she meets at school.
I have no words for this book whatsoever. It's probably the most boring, tedious, ill written book i've picked up. I dont' even know why i picked it up. The cover doesn't scream, pick me. The blurb doesn't shout to be read. It was just there and I picked it up, albite a year or so ago, but i now know why its been on my shelf for a crazy lenght of time.
This book, might be good for those who went to Harvard and want to remenise about the good times. Maybe. At a huge push. But really. Don't read it. It's terrible.
Go get it from: Amazon UK | Book Depository | Waterstones
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