Rx

Thyme Gilchrest is an honors student.
Thyme Gilchrest is popular.
Thyme Gilchrest is on student council.
Thyme Gilchrest is a drug dealer.
Like piecing together a logic puzzle, Thyme has organized a complex trading system that enables her to obtain the meds her friends need. They all come to her to diagnose their problems and provide the "cure" -- be it Prozac, Ritalin, Vicodin...She's therapist, doctor, and pharmacist all in one. She helps people. And that makes her feel a little more in control -- a little more capable of dealing with her own frantic high school life. Because Thyme Gilchrest is nothing if not good at dealing.

I expected more. I wanted more. I felt the story was rushed and not well resolved. The prescription drug culture among teens is rampant and Lynn could have delved into this world so many do not know about.

I'm reading this book as part of a possible project on "MTV" books. I found it typical of not-so-great young-adult books in that the characterization is minimal: at the end, I was still having trouble keeping some of the characters straight. The narrative did pull me through, almost in spite of itself, but I have no idea whether is is realistic. It's also a little preachy in places, especially at the end. I find the author's tendency to insert "facts and figures" annoying because there is no citation, and of course the information can become outdated without the book into another edition because it's published as fiction.

Nothing about this book stood out. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't fantastic, either. I started to see people in my class differently, because I had never thought in terms of "the 20" before - there's a similar clique at my school. But yeah, it was just your average novel.

It's a fast paced read that holds interest, with the main character being so knowledgeable, yet so blind. The odd title and intersting cover made me select this book. Also, they said she was a drug dealer who was an honors student. AHS/MD

I would tell them about how it's about normal kids in High Rhod, under pressure, and how it talks about drugs. I kind of wanted to know what happens between Nill and Thyme. Q4P4 AHS/Alyssa O