Original Fake

Actual rating: 3.5 stars
I picked this book up at a book fair, not knowing anything about it. What attracted me to it was that it was a novel/graphic novel hybrid which I've never seen before. The story itself was an easy read - nothing groundbreaking, but definitely enjoyable. Characters were pretty two dimensional, especially Lou and Rory who seem to have minimal reasons for their shitty actions. For some reason the characters reminded me of the TV show Daria, probably because Lou and Rory were both caricatures of a theatre girl and the hot, bitchy, manipulative girl, similar to how every Daria character is a dramatic version of a high school stereotype. The art in the book really added to the story, especially when the whacky sculptures came in. This was by no means the best book I've ever read, but I did really enjoy it!