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...souls who venture into the book’s 360 pages will be pleasantly surprised. Columbia grad McCafferty has captured much of the contemporary college (and particularly, college female) experience, from sitting with peers in “iPod isolation”—a habit that fascinates Jessica for being “social, yet solipsistic at the same time”—to Ivy League parties, “full of smart, funny people who are all used to being the smartest, funniest person in the room...
...Jessica feels such shindigs are “existentially” exhausting. The participants “spend the whole party talking over one another, overlapping and overtaking the conversation to prove that they are the smartest, funniest person in the room, if not the entire planet.” Not only is she pithy; she’s on the mark...
...Charmed Thirds” also captures the uncertainty and self-doubt that college—especially freshman year—can bring. When Jessica returns to her high school for graduation, she speaks to a departing senior brimming with hubris...
...Jessica forgives the girl for her arrogance, understanding that “I was exactly like her just one year ago...Where did I get off being so confident? I didn’t know anything about anything. And the only difference between then and now is this: I may know more than I used to, but my wisdom pales in comparison to that which I’ve yet to learn...
There’s a little bit of Jessica Darling in all of us—but only those with the “patience” to read “Charmed Thirds” get to find that...