The Youth Lens and Feed

While I don't always agree with YL, I do understand that there are many stereotypes in which teenagers fall under.  We see this in Feed through the behaviors of  Titus and his friends. Titus himself represents the jock, or the dumb jock really. He's popular and he just goes along with what his friends want, even though he's not always having fun and is a little lost. He also represents a well known stereotype about teenagers. He has  a problem with thinking things through, which he demonstrates with how he treats Violet towards the end of her life. If things get deep in any way, count him out. I think many of us can think of stereotypical teenage boys who have the same problem.

Violet displays another stereotype, the lovesick teenage girl. Yes, she has a lot to deal with,  but she is the most emotional character by far. She's the rebel, no doubt about it. Somewhere though, she changes. She starts clinging to Titus and becomes more of a clingy girlfriend type of character.
This book is filled with characters we've all seen before by other names in books or on television. Perhaps that's why I didn't enjoy the book. There wasn't much originality. Just how teenagers are probably supposed to act based on their stereotypes.