The Most Dangerous Place on Earth : A Novel

from Master275

Ugh... I don't really know how to rate this one. On one hand--I just didn't like it. The characters in this book - the privileged kids - were just so annoying and entitled!! The speech used when they were talking to one another made me cringe with embarrassment for them! The teacher came off as s...

from veeshee

The first story that this novel opens up with is emotionally-charged, and it is what got me into this book. It reminded me a lot of my own middle school and high school days, and every miserably memory that I had from that time. It was powerful and showed the very dark side of adolescence. Howeve...

from Jen_Bartels

This book was very different than what I was expecting. It was very heavy and very dark, which I knew might be the case, but I had no idea just how much. The Most Dangerous Place from the title references high school. We know kids are cruel, adolescence is hard and grown ups just don't understand...

from pennyvert

If this is what teenagers are about today, I am glad my children are grown.I am sure this is a heartfelt attempt to profile young people and all the challenges they face. The setting is Mill Valley, Ca, an extremely affluent area. Unfortunately, parents make brief appearances, indicating their to...

from AngelaFries

The concept of this book was great. Who doesn't love a book about all the dramas of high school, especially after you've left that little piece of hell. However, there were just so many point of views that the book was written from that it actually became rather confusing to figure out. Overall i...