There are already so many better-crafted books about artists trying to become adults, ones that explore alcohol and drug use just the same, ones with the jaded best friend and the protagonist who is the creator of her own demise but wants pity for her self-loathing. Caroline is exactly the person older generations hate when they think about twenty-somethings today. A published author has a platform to speak a truth, even in fiction, and authors who reinforce stereotypes instead are the worst. It’s easy to hate Caroline, so it’s hard to get invested in her story. Though she has a crap apartment, she refuses an offer to apply as a copywriter because “I dunno man, that’s not for me. Caroline has zero perspective but always plays the victim. I have to ask the same question - “do we really need another one?” about Cannonball.Īnd it’s true.
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