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Outstanding, fascinating, beautiful
Every so often a book is written which is both powerful and fragile -- Brave New Girl is that sort of book. Like Mishima, Ms. Luna uses strong, even volatile emotions to portray complex psychological states; however, the voice of the main character, a young teenager named Doreen, is utterly authentic. She is also shown to be compassionate, insightful, and deeply humane without a trace of sentimentality. I think this points to a deeply truthful conception of young teenagers as complicated, conflicted, doubtful, anxious, and hopeful -- personalities as worthy of exposition as adults, and indeed more revealing because of their *less* cynical point of view. If anything, Doreen is a deeply positive character, and if she is impatient with the hypocrisy of the world around her it is because she has a surer grasp on truth than those around her.

This book makes beautiful use of language, of ideas, and of the realities of human existence. Don't read it as a *teen book* (though it would be great for any teenager), but simply as a great book about a young woman.

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Not Brave Enough
First I will tell you that I love MTV books and have read 5 of them so far. I will also tell you that I'm male and 18, which may be why I felt disconnected from this book. I liked it in many ways. There were lots of funny moments and Doreen was enjoyable most of the time. I guess it wasn't the book's characters I disliked but rather the plot...it lacked so much. I won't go into great detail for it would ruin the book. But I will say that I kept reading and reading and nothing really happened and then something does happen and then there is a big complex scene and it's over...I guess I wanted more. The book attempted to be brave and daring but came out kind of [weak] and only kind of daring. The teenager with a chip on their shoulder and no friends with bad family story line is getting kind of old. Not all teenager's are bitter, angry, annoying people...Doreen came off as too much of a sterotype and not enough of a real person, so I never connected with her. If you have read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and think this will be like it, DON'T READ THIS BOOK becasue it's not even in the same league. Perks is amazing and this falls too short for me.

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AWESOME!
I truly ADORED this book... An amazing book that just about everybody can relate too. It began strongly, had and exciting middle, the only flaw was the end.. it's not that it ended badly or anything.. i dont know i was just expecting a teenie bit more. It's really good though. The plot's good and everything.. its predictable but the clever writing techniques totally make up for it. COMPLETELY. The character is a mirror image of what most 12-14 yr. old kids are. its hella good and when she feels somehting u feel it too. I highly recommend this book. It's a short, highly enjoyable read that i read in about 2 hours. i simply couldnt put it down!