Book pledged: the secret lives of sororities

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by angelove
Does the convention apply if the book is billed as nonfiction/"a true expose' of sororities" rather than "creative nonfiction"?

It's hard to say.

To me, I felt like this book was actually two books -- the story of Vicki/Amy/Sabrina/Caitlin, and the sorority "expose." The way she sets up the Vicki et al. sections are creative nonfiction. The way she sets up the expose is not.

So you could argue either way. But personally I think it's nitpicky.

And I agree with the review. The biggest problem with this book is not that it lies, but the fact that it sets up things that are legitimate problems at SOME schools, some chapters to be true of the entire system, which they are clearly not.