Rating: 2.3 out of 5 stars Described as a modern tale of a high school senior who begins writing fanfiction about her classmates after her favorite TV show is cancelled, Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here has all the appearances of a hilarious and relatable contemporary novel. Unfortunately, its potential is wasted as it comes off as a mess of tropes and plot points that are never fully resolved. Both the novel and the protagonist have no idea what they really want to be, and the result is a book that feels disorganized and incomplete. Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here undoubtedly has some interesting unique elements, but they sometimes get lost in a novel that is already crammed with too much. Perhaps I'm being a bit harsh because it didn't live up to my (admittedly quite high) expectations, but I was anticipating something much more entertaining and dynamic based on the premise. Instead, I forced myself to finish it only to say "That was it?" Some parts of the book were quite funny and I did really appreciate a couple of the contemporary references, but they are used so profusely that they serve to date the novel in a way that a reader a decade from now may not understand a lot of it. Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here is an intriguing idea that unfortunately fails to translate into an exciting novel.
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