I had been curious about this book since spring, and had read the free five chapter preview. I got this at the library on Tuesday and finished it today. Although it moved quickly and was readable, I found myself skimming at times. I think the gimmick of letters to famous dead people didn't carry through, and eventually wound up feeling like too much authorial intrusion. I know there are teens who are into myriad things, and lord knows I didn't follow the status quo, but I find a 15 year old who is into Nirvana AND The Doors AND Janis Joplin a bit too twee and precious. Some of the specifics, even the food the main character Laurel ate for lunch, just seemed like what the author probably ate, not this girl in New Mexico.

I won't criticize as harshly as I've seen others on the passivity of Laurel, but she was a pretty static character. I found everything about her heavily manufactured.

Don't get me started on "Sky." Ugh.

Definitely a quick read, not necessarily a good one.