If you are looking to get your first novel published, it must help to work for the New York Times to get all of your press and blurbs. How else could this book have gotten published?

If you have attended Smith, especially during the early 2000s, this has some entertaining Smith-specific jargon and tidbits (like the trans character named Toby... how many trans Tobys were there at Smith by 2004? I lost count).

If you haven't, I guess you would like this book if you were looking for a breezy summer read about really dull (and unlikely) but cozy relationships between college friends who are now in their mid-late twenties. While many reviewers dislike the one-sided character of militant feminist April, I thought her story towards the end was the only exciting part of the book (no matter how convoluted). Too bad her story wasn't pursued in detail and with more complexity.

I can't believe I finished this book (in just over 24 hours). The second half was better than the first, but not enough to recommend. Oh man.