Book Review: DEAD END

Author: Jason Myers
Number of Pages: 384
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: June 14, 2011

"All Dru and his girlfriend Gina want to do is get out of their small town of Marshall, Nebraska. With the promise of scholarships and college soon in their future, they are determined to rise above their troubled pasts and make fresh starts. But everything begins to crumble when Gina is raped by the son of the town's richest and most powerful man. The aftermath of this tragedy sends Dru and Gina into a downward spiral of secrets, corruption, and a fight for their lives. All they have left is each other--but sometimes, even that's not enough...."
                                                 - Goodreads.com

This book left me with extremely mixed feelings. The writing style is so easy to comprehend that I whipped through it in about half the time it usually takes me to read a book this size. The writing was almost too simple, like it was written for a middleschooler instead of a teenager in high school. But let's get back to the story- that's what I really wanted to talk about here.

Now, the plot of the story was fairly decent. Although I thought that the ending was a little far-fetched, the basic storyline was good- I'll give Jason Myers that much. HOWEVER, you could hardly even see the plot line because of all of the unnecessary swearing going on. I mean, it wasn't just when characters were speaking. Even the narration had an abundance of swears in it! If you're going to write with an easy writing style, at least refrain from the vulgar language.

Also, I couldn't stand how Dru and Gina called each other "baby" all of the time. Seriously. After everything they said to each other they felt the need to tack on that annoying pet name. A conversation between them was like:

"Hey, baby."
"How you doing, baby?"
"Want some pizza, baby?
"Sure, baby."
"Alright, here's a slice, baby."

Now, that conversation is clearly made up by yours truly, but isn't that annoying? Especially after over three hundred pages.

Overall, this book was merely okay. It had the potential to be a great book, but the excessive swearing and the annoying habits of Dru and Gina got in the way of me being able to fully like this novel.

My Rating: :0) :0) :0) 3 out of 5 smileys.

Would I recommend it to a friend?: Not really, no.

Yours,
NutFreeNerd