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Loading... Restless Virgins: Love, Sex, and Survival at a New England Prep Schoolby Abigail Jones
I had a hard time getting into this book. The descriptions were tedious. I thought this book was going to be more about the actual "sex scandal", when in reality they only talked about it for 20 pages or so and I felt it wasn't even a "scandal". The focus, I thought, was a bit off. There was no pattern to it and it seemed to jump from student to student without any really structure. One student they write about in the book, Josh, who I thought was interesting, they only talked about for maybe 15 pages in the whole book, where the focused on other students for large sections. I usually love coming of age books and books about prep school, but I found myself bored and annoyed through most of this book......  goldiebear | Feb 22, 2008 | 
I had a hard time getting into this book. The descriptions were tedious. I thought this book was going to be more about the actual "sex scandal", when in reality they only talked about it for 20 pages or so and I felt it wasn't even a "scandal". The focus, I thought, was a bit off. There was no pattern to it and it seemed to jump from student to student without any really structure. One student they write about in the book, Josh, who I thought was interesting, they only talked about for maybe 15 pages in the whole book, where the focused on other students for large sections. I usually love coming of age books and books about prep school, but I found myself bored and annoyed through most of this book...... (  ) goldiebear | Feb 22, 2008 | After reading all the furor in the NY Times and facing a long plane ride, I picked up this book hoping for a bit of amusement. By the time I got 100 pages in, i realized my mistake. While reminiscent in style to Alexandra Robbins' The Overachievers, it's all about sex and relationships that tie into sex, with the occasional reference to school or college applications. They play on the media's recent sensationalizing of teen sex and try to work up a similar fear that Your Child Is Probably Doing It Too, and hearing again and again about how this handful of students go to parties and have sex is downright monotonous. By the time they reach the apex of the book, the sexual assault charges brought against the hockey team, my response came down to a yawn after having heard the same thing-- and things more "scandalous" still-- for the previous 200 pages. Where Robbins' books feature multi-dimensional students and a senior year that goes somewhere, Jones' students are oversexed clichés, likely calculated such that parents can see their own child in at least one of the characters. If you're looking at it for a glimpse into the true lives of today's teenagers, it's over-the-top and not worth taking seriously. If you're looking at it for a little salacious fun, there's not much to be had. It's just not worth the read. (Q) (  ) q_and_a | Oct 29, 2007 | |
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