Can a book like this be sweet?

The Getaway isn't sweet.  But it IS sweet.  Kinda.  I mean it is awful.  I mean it is very well written.  But the bad guy is BAD.  There is nothing redeeming about him.  And what he does to his victims is AWFUL.  But is a very satisfying read.   Okay.  So it isn't sweet.  But the way it ended?  It did make me say, "Sweet." 

Rated D for Disturbing!

You All Grow Up and Leave Me was super disturbing. Piper Weiss is complicated!  And she admits that.  I love her relationship with her mom, though.  And her willingness to admit that she knows her mom loves her and she loves her mom.  I think that is cool.
This is the story of Gary Wilensky.  And Weiss's raw and real feelings about him and who she was in his life and who she maybe wanted to be.
I do think that Weiss is harder on herself than she needs to be.  But that is what makes this book so well done.  She is very real and honest and willing to share.

Once

I read that Genuine Fraud was written with the idea that it would pay homage, be an update to The Talented Mr. Ripley, I really began to LOVE this book.  There was a movie made of that book in 1999.  And I confess, that is how I came to know the story.  It was only years later I realized it was from a book and a series.  I have not read them, but wow, that movie.  It was a horror movie, I think. 
I really enjoy all of Lockhart's books and this one was one of the best books I have read so far this year.  I don't know if it is a Printz kind of book, but it sure was a great, great, great read that I can recommend.  It was completely creepy and very well written.  I think it definitely should be considered.  It is just so well done, how can it not?