Why The Haters is absolute shit
The Haters is a sorta “adventure” book centered around three kids, Wes, Corey and Ash, who are musicians, and is written by Jesse Andrews. Ash immediately catches Wes and Corey’s attention as the usual straight relationships in subpar books go, the “boys fall for this hot girl, while the chick ignores them but then realizes one of them isn’t an absolute weirdo and has a great personality, and falls for him.” Except that this time, they become friends after a jam session and leave the camp. They go through various different gigs, from playing in a people Chinese restaurants to sitting in a hot tub with complete strangers. Personally, I didn’t particularly like the book. It was bland, and the characters just seemed like bored teens with nothing to do, rather than these cool epic kids who were going to explore a musical journey. Especially since Core and Wes kind of only went because Ash was going. So, the inciting incident, when it was supposed to be like an explosion but re