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Reader reviewed by Ria

Please Don't Kill the Freshman is a memoir written by a high school student. She suffers from many of the problems that teens today face, like sexuality, work and school, and friends. But she also had interests that made it possible for her to publish her book, like her love for writing. Most of the book focused on her figuring out if she was a lesbian, bi, or straight. It was great how she wanted to be a proud lesbian.

This book wasn't really appealing to me. From the beginning, when I saw the list of characters, I was confused. So many characters were introduced into the book that I had to keep flipping back to see who everyone was. It was hard to keep track of who Zoe was talking about. She would use "you" so loosely, I didn't know if she was talking to me, as the reader, or she was writing to one of her friends. I didn't really like her writing style. The book was so serious, and the topic of sexuality isn't interesting to me. But the book was written in a way that a high school student would. Some authors censor their writing to make it appropriate for readers, but Zoe told it like a true teenager. I wouldn't particularly recommend this book to my friends unless they were a lesbian or bi or wanted to know more about their sexuality.