Reading Opal Mehta

I am reading Opal Mehta, am currently one-thirds through, and am getting more and more irritated by the extent to which she goes to 'fit-in.' She has completely left behind all that was important to her, 'disowned' it in fact, and is desperately trying to live upto other people's (read 3 dumb girls') standards of 'coolness.'

The fact that the book has vexed me enough to write this post should testify to the excellent level of writing- it does take the reader into its world. The book flows confidently, lucidly, without any self-consciousness. Considering the age of Kavya Vishwanathan, I sure am impressed by her talent!