I mean I have heard of producers finding people off the streets and at small plays and all, but they give them more time! It's like 'Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy. Once again I feel bad for saying this, but I mean come on? 'You could be a star!' You're going to fall for that? Successful directors don't just ask random people in malls to audition for a movie immediately. Oh and the most important part! How Diamond got herself into that situation was just stupid. The whole 'Dance for Diamond' thing just didn't work. SO many things just didn't work with this book.ĭraper tried to incorporate way too much text lingo and words like trippin to make it seem more like it was from a teenagers point of view, and it just didn't work. The sort of 'romantic' thing Draper was trying to pull with him didn't work at all. Go grab his phone and delete them stupid! *spoiler alert ended* Uhhh what?! You want him to see naked pictures of your friend. And that girl used trippin way too much.Īnd then when the naked pictures get sent to everybody's phone and Mercedes told Justin just go look at your texts. *spoiler alert begin* I mean I hate to be mean, but it's like 'Oh My Gosh, you're trippin, and you made me feel beautiful once, so I'm going to let you take naked pictures of me without a second thought.' I hate making fun of this because I had a friend who got herself into a situation like this, but that was how it was.

One's mom died last year, one's dad is in jail and her boyfriend beats her up, god there was just way too much drama.Īnd speaking of Layla, the girl whos boyfriend beats her up, I just wanted to smack some sense into her. Oh but wait! They all have some kind of problem. Speaking of friends, the book dwelled on their problems way too much. They were all like, 'Let's just continue our lives and worry about fickle things while our friend could be dying.' It seemed like Diamond's friends didn't even really care she was possibly dead or enduring horrific torture. were too sparse, and the millions of other points of view were just way too much of a back and forth thing. That is not what I should be thinking when I'm reading a book.

She tried approaching the (how should i say this?) topic featured in this book, and it just didn't work.Ī quarter of the way thorugh I was bored out of my mind, and I only wanted to finish it so I could turn it back into the library before it's overdue. It started out ok, like 3.5 star quality, but it quickly fell to a 1 star.ĭraper could've made this so much better. I am seriously disappointed with this book.

Panic by sharon m draper