The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

I wanted to like this book.  I really did.  It seemed to be billed as a new Catcher in the Rye with a more modern twist.

Instead of Holden, I saw a whiny entitled brat.  Yes, Holden was a whiny entitled brat too, but he made the reader care about what he was going through.  Like Holden, Quinn is working through the grief of losing a sibling.  But let's throw in Quinn being gay.  Even Quinn says his life is playing out like a typical LGBTQ coming of age novel.  Very much so.  So much that it bored me.  I made it to page 64 before bringing the book back to the WHHS LMC.  I just couldn't care to read anymore of it.  NOTHING happened in those 64 pages to make me want to keep reading.

This is the second book I've read that felt like Catcher, 2.0 version; the other being The Tragic Age  by Stephen Metcalfe (I didn't review that here, imply what you will).  Catcher was beautiful and meaningful and can't be redone.

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