I have this vague memory of seeing the movie adaptation of Election by Tom Perotta. I can't really remember the details and I kind of feel like I didn't like it. I just don't think it was that memorable a movie.
When opened to the first pages of this book I was immediately hit with two realizations. First, the book is wayyyyyyy better than the movie. And second, Reese Witherspoon was perfectly cast as Tracy Flick. The second I started reading from Tracy's POV , all I could imagine was the movie Tracy.
The book alternates between a half a dozen characters in the first person and while I usually find this device annoying, the self-centeredness of the teenaged characters (and the adult characters too) lends it self well to the writing style.
This is is a short book and a fast read. I promise you'll laugh out loud.
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