The first lines of this book are: "And then there was an explosion. It was loud. It was bright. It was explosion-y." 
 I almost put the book down right then. Because what the actual-- 
 Anyway, I told myself to just calm down and give it another chance. I don't think I even made it to the bottom of the first page before the main character was talking about how she was "not like other girls". 
 So that was that. I mean, I skimmed to the end of the first chapter, but no. Just no. And from some of the reviews I've been reading, it looks like I made the right choice.