3.5 stars
David Federman has never been one of school's social successes but fortunately his hidden intelligence has gotten him into the pinnacle of social settings, Harvard, and he plans to change his role in the world...except that he has fallen into his normal group of social misfits. Then a young woman enters into the picture that cause him to focus all his efforts on her and her privileged group of friends. As he becomes more obsessed, his methods become more stalker-like and you begin to realize that it cannot end well. This book is told in David's voice as if he is writing a book to Veronica, which makes it hard to know if you are supposed to sympathize with his plight or be completely creeped out (I was both). So, while I did enjoy this novel, I also felt strange about enjoying it which created a weird reading experience. I really liked Teddy Wayne's first novel The Love Song of Jonny Valentine and this has some of that biting, sarcastic humor but maybe not as much of the charm. I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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