When I started reading this book, I was worried that I would find this book intolerable. I signed up for this for the science fiction and the action, not for a bunch of nonsense about teens being teens. Fortunately, that feeling didn't last, and by the end of the book I was much more invested. It's certainly no vN, but I suppose things would get boring if every book was the same. I would tentatively recommend it. If you can get past the teenage angst stuff at the beginning, there's some fun action and SF.