Generation S.L.U.T. : A Brutal Feel-up Session with Today's Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace

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Summary: Worth Reading?
Review: This may be the truth for a good sum of today's youth, but not for everyone of this generation. There are people, young men and women, who feel self worth and respect for themselves and their bodies. This book should be a wake-up call to today's parents. If you don't know what's going on with today's kids, read it. If you do know what your kids are doing or have a good idea, you definitely don't need to read this book. Birth control has changed the rules, giving women a lot more freedom and choices. Birth control shouldn't give men the right to be disrespectful. The passages in this book paint a reality that is sad and alarming. Our kids' behavior reflects a culture and society that has lost its sense of meaning and value for our bodies, our selves, and our sense of family.

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Summary: It's about time someone was honest
Review: Though most of the novel in centered around a story of 6 teenagers, the topics that complicate their lives are far from being issues of Beckerman's imagination. Enlightening and horrorifying, the topics of sexual behavior, violence,suicide, drugs, and alcohol are not unfamiliar to teenagers. Beckerman does justice to the lives of his characters and does paints a realistic picture. His honesty is what makes this novel captivating and worth reading. The statistics alone that Beckerman reports, gives the reader an eye opener to the truth of the character's lives. A great read and a great book to have in a collection.

Rating:
Summary: It's about time someone was honest
Review: Though most of the novel in centered around a story of 6 teenagers, the topics that complicate their lives are far from being issues of Beckerman's imagination. Enlightening and horrorifying, the topics of sexual behavior, violence,suicide, drugs, and alcohol are not unfamiliar to teenagers. Beckerman does justice to the lives of his characters and does paints a realistic picture. His honesty is what makes this novel captivating and worth reading. The statistics alone that Beckerman reports, gives the reader an eye opener to the truth of the character's lives. A great read and a great book to have in a collection.

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Summary: completely off center
Review: Yes i do realize that this is a work of fiction, but the quotes alone simply play into the stereotypes of an entire generation. I am a part of generation Y. I am an average 21 year old and i have never experienced the type of "real" adventures any of the interviewees claim at such a young age. It appears as if Beckerman just wanted to be shocking. really, marty, we are all terribly impressed to know about your sexual acts and the fact you apparently needed to find the sluttiest and most insecure drunk underage children to interview for the filler pages of quotes in your book. I believe this is a nice book for people of generation Y to read to understand the bias views many have. But i know it comes off as incredibly one sided and misleading to everyone reader without half a brain and insulting to those who do.