The premise behind the story was very good and very quirkly, but the author's tone and style really turned me off, I'm sorry to say. Even though I understand and acknowledge the fact that modern-day (young) people don't suffer from being mealy-mouthed, I really would have liked this much better if every 3rd word hadn't been a 4-letter word. I'm really not exaggerating... I'm not exactly mealy-mouthed myself, but I can honestly say I've never seen the 's-word' or the 'f-word' used as so many different parts of speech (often in a single sentence) or with quite the abandon that these characters use them. I can tell that it's part of the characterization (the sole female character isn't quite as bad) but it's just overkill, plain and simple. My vocabulary includes a lot of synonyms or alternate phrases for those words, and a little variety might have gone a long way.As interesting as the premise was, I'd suggest giving this a pass unless you happen to like extremely limited vocabulary and forms of expression. Unfortunate, but it wasn't something that I could get past.
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