Of course, Georgia cannot help but make this more melodramatic than it should be since by that point it is very clear that Mum and Dad are not stuck in the typical trouble marriage. Dad is actually missing in action for a good bit because partway through he drops the bombshell that he is going to New Zealand to look for work. What starts out with passion takes a devastating blow courtesy of the fact that these are, after all, pretty young characters experiencing their first go at romance. Unfortunately for Jas-and, by extension, her best friend-all does not go smoothly for Tom and Jas. Hunky is the boyfriend of Jas and it is through Tom that Georgia actually comes to meet the Sex God. Robbie has a brother who also has a nickname: Hunky. The question becomes, of course, does Robbie like personality as much as thongs. But though she may have a leg upon on George when it comes to sexuality, she’s not really much of a rival when it comes to brains and personality. At the commencement of Georgia’s super-major-crush, Robbie is dating Lindsay, who is mature enough to account for the thongs of the title. This is courtesy of Georgia’s total obsession with the Mini Cooper-driving slightly older boy. Robbie also has a nickname and probably the best in the entire book: the Sex God. Jas, like most other characters in the book, is a shortened nickname, in this case a time-biting version of Jasmine. It is a complex friendship filled with repetition, redundancy, and recurring battles that eventually get soothed over, usually just in time for the next fight between friends. At the same time, however, Jas is also at times Georgia’s nemesis in weird way. Georgia, however, does not seem to be a psychopath though she is obsessed with breasts. Reading the novel is not really that terribly far removed from reading Alex’s NADSAT narration of A Clockwork Orange and, in fact, the two characters share some-slight-similarities both are snarky to the core, both are funny, and both are obsessed with their self-contained microcosmic world. She even includes a very useful glossary of terms at the back. She introduces herself in a “Note” at the book’s beginning with a warning/advisory to American readers to beware of the robust dollops of slang which populates the lexicon of her entries. The thirteen-year-old diarist-narrator and protagonist of the book. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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