Ttyl

Warning: May contain spoilers

How I came to know about this book ? Once I was chatting with a HR, and when she was intending to sign off she typed ttyl. I did a google definitions search and the first result was this book. This is the first novel to be written wholly in instant-messaging format.

The story revolves around three girls in tenth grade - zoegirl, madmaddie and SnowAngel.

zoegirl is caught up with a flirty teacher Mr.H. She likes him in the beginning. As the novel winds up to an end, she hates him for some reason. She is fine with Mr.H flirting with her but doesn't want to date at the end. Well there is something wrong with the characterization there.

madmaddie is the character I like the most. She befriends jana but jana calls her to a party and illtreats her in front of everyone. And she sends her nude pics to everyone in the school. She hates her friends zoegirl and SnowAngel for backbiting about her.

The autoresponse from madmaddie after a quarrel with zoegirl and SnowAngel is hilarious:

"Everybody were kung fu fighting
But those jerks were fast as lightning"

And SnowAngel leaves her a message to change her autoresponse. And the next time she pings,

"Shove it up your ass"

SnowAngel is a bit romantic, sometimes jealous and sometimes selfish character. She loses her boy friends as fast as she befriends them. And all she does is cry over the spilt milk.

Thats it. These winsome threesome talk about these issues daily over IM. End of story.

Having said all these one token of appreciation to lauren myracle - the IM lingo is precisely adapted in the novel. That made me order the sequel - ttfn.