Sorry, this one just didn’t do it for me. I almost stopped about halfway through, thinking to myself, “What is the point?” Jackson lightly touches on a nice little selection of social issues but without any real focus or depth to any of them. The plot is practically nonexistent. It’s a great example of a “character-driven” story… but with shallow, undeveloped characters exhibiting little to no growth (save for one who “turned around” only after seeing someone else doing it). Reading her author’s note at the end, it sounds as if she meant the book to be a commentary on the damage immense wealth can have and how some young adults are opting out? This topic didn’t even really play a big part until well into the latter part of the story though. I also just had a really hard time empathizing with their plight.