![]() It is a complex friendship filled with repetition, redundancy, and recurring battles that eventually get soothed over, usually just in time for the next fight between friends. ![]() At the same time, however, Jas is also at times Georgia’s nemesis in weird way. Georgia, however, does not seem to be a psychopath though she is obsessed with breasts. Reading the novel is not really that terribly far removed from reading Alex’s NADSAT narration of A Clockwork Orange and, in fact, the two characters share some-slight-similarities both are snarky to the core, both are funny, and both are obsessed with their self-contained microcosmic world. She even includes a very useful glossary of terms at the back. She introduces herself in a “Note” at the book’s beginning with a warning/advisory to American readers to beware of the robust dollops of slang which populates the lexicon of her entries. The thirteen-year-old diarist-narrator and protagonist of the book. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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