Pledged. Read it. Trashed it.

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Sorry to crash!

I read the book when it came out--- It certainly is not a piece of non-fiction. I took it as a narrative/fictional account loosely based on a year in the lives of 4 college students.

I have yet to find a college coed, sorority member or GDI, that does not face pressures from boyfriends, roommates, classmates and family members that leads them to make decisions good or bad, or for them to feel peer pressure or blame something or someone else for influencing their decisions. I don't see this as a sorority thing. This is a "I'm 18-24 year old college student" thing.

Some elements of living in the house and everyone knowing everyone else's business was fairly spot-on. Something that was taken out of context in the book: a member is thinking about breaking up with her BF. She goes and sits in the TV room, which, as we all know, is the most happening spot in the house-- people are hanging around, working out, studying, or walking through. So she gets a survey of opinions: Should I break up with him? I'm not happy... overwhelmingly, the sisters encourage her to break up with him... the book later blames the sorority for encouraging the member to break up with her BF and controls her relationships... How is this scenario any different from me asking my dorm mates or people on a message board to weigh in on any other issue?