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Who in their right mind would have sex in these circumstances.

See I actually think all this would have made a good book. If it was, like, actually the book. Instead of being just some random stuff thrown in that has nothing to do with the main character of the last three books.

*Rebecca Bunch voice* that's culturally insensitive

Now I'm no expert, but wouldn't she need Summer and Harley's nail clippings? Like I don't think random nail clippings from any Tom Dick or Sally work with voodoo. Not that I'd expect an accurate portrayal of Haitian cultural practices from this.

...so they just fell off a speeding motorcycle and they're perfectly fine?

Quick question: what exactly was the narrative point of Summer's rape if we're just gonna fuck off and move onto the next thing?
Neiderman is always like, "fifteen completely unrelated traumas in a row is the same thing as a plot, right?"

...she says she can't tell her mother that she was just raped, because her mother is in a wheelchair.

What?

Like she's got moral quandaries about sneaking out but she's not even considering that this might hurt her friend's feelings? Idk I'm not saying I would never do this, but if I did, I'd at least be feeling a little bad about it.

Ok I know these kids are 15-18 and it's not like any of them are engaged but they keep doing cheating-adjacent stuff as if it's perfectly fine which I find odd. Like does this girl not think it's weird to be flirting with the guy her friend is semi-involved with right in front of her when she is also semi-involved?

Oh my god BARF who cares about this Duncan guy. This man always introduces like 3+ love interests and it's annoying. There should be two AT MOST and those two have already been introduced. Stop it.

I like Sarah and all but what does any of this have to do with what I assume will be the eventual plot? Isn't Summer supposed to be discovering dark family secrets? She's just hanging out at music camp. I assume her mom is about to die or something and she'll have to go home, but why even bother with the tangent? Just have the tragedy strike already.

"He wasn't much more than six feet tall, but when Sarah stood next to him, he looked like an NBA basketball player." First of all, the word "basketball" is already implied in "NBA." You can just say "NBA player." Second of all, the implication appears to be that he's not particularly tall, but standing next to short Sarah he seems to be. But 6 feet is already tall and plenty of NBA players are 6 feet.

What exactly is so sad about this? It's just a normal convo about whether soul mates exist and neither answer seems particularly sad.

I like how all that talk about how Rain could still fulfill her dreams and be independent was apparently nothing. It's like everybody was like remember, Rain, just because you're in a wheelchair doesn't mean you can't live your life! You can still do anything you put your mind to. Except acting or having any job at all. That would be weird. Better just give up on that right now. Don't even try.

Either Rain is a piece of shit boss who pays her employees shit and doesn't help her own brother out at all financially, or Harley is NOT some underprivileged street kid and everybody needs to stop acting like he is.

Why didn't Rain send Harley to the fancy school?

"I started doing this almost right away when I moved in with Grandmother Hudson" then why was it never once mentioned?