Review: Dramarama by E. Lockhart

Two theater-mad, self-invented,

fabulositon Ohio teenagers.

One boy, one girl.

One gay, one straight.

One black, one white.

And SUMMER DRAMA CAMP.

It's a season of

hormones,

glod lame,

hissy fits,

jazz hands,

song and dance,

true love,

and unitards

that will determine their future

-and test their friendship.

I found Dramarama to be a very interesting book, filled with friendship, romance, and human trees. However, I definitely think there could have been more. There are some very big differences between Demi (black, gay guy) and Sadye (white, straight girl) that I think should have been explored more. For instance, there is a scene where Demi points out to Sadye that she never notices he's black, and he wishes she would. However, it doesn't go much deeper than that, and I think it should. Also, there is a conservatively raised girl at the camp who has never met a gay person before-but she accepts Demi without question and moves on. That could be another angle for exploring these issues. All in all, I suppose it was a good book, but to me it lacked oomph. If you're going to have these issues prominent in your book, you should defintely give them their full reckoning.