Crash and Burn

I've given Crash and Burn some honest thought, and I think I love it. The operative word being "think" because there's a lot to hate too, and I can see why some people didn't enjoy this book. But in this review, mine is the only opinion that matters and I'll do my best to explain why this book messe......more

Okay, let's start this review off by mentioning that a drunk person cannot consent to sex. Because the main character of this book has a lot of sex with girls who are drunk, high, or both, and let's just clarify right off the bat that that's 110% not okay. Sex and drugs basically set the tone of thi......more

2.5. Steven Crashinsky -- Crash -- was the person who talked David Burnett -- Burn -- down when he held his school captive. But what was it Crash said to get Burn to stop? Unfolding over 540 pages is Crash's growing up with and without Burn in his life. The two of them were never friends, but they sp......more

I have mixed feelings about this book, and here they are, kind of scatter-brained. Crash, the main character, is a pretty repulsive character. He's a poor little rich boy that I never quite managed to be sorry for. Set up against Burn, the manic depressive boy genius whose natural destructive tendenc......more

I just finished this book and I'm still in tears and I should be in bed but I have to write this review. I hated this cocky little punk Crash when I started the book. He was every douche I knew in high school, charming his way out of trouble and into girls' pants. But that's just part of the story. Th......more