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Our Feature - Pinker Than Fiction

Question of the Week: Name a book you hated - Suggested by Bookish Findings
My Answer: Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman.  

I am a pretty lenient reader.  I tend to pick books that I know, already, I'm going to enjoy.  I can't for the life of me remember what possessed me to start this book.  But the premise of this novel seemed interesting:  just by saying "You are indestructible", a teen gets the power to be...indestructible!  He can then pass on (and take back) this ability to whoever he wishes.  Sounds great, right?  The problem I had with this book is the increasingly sick ways in which the characters test to see whether or not they truly are indestructible.  It goes from funny to ick pretty fast.  There didn't seem to be any point to the story other than to show how stupid these kids were.  I guess that is what I hated the most.  One shouldn't insult the intended readership by implying that teens are completely without common sense.