* shrug * OK, not everything is for everyone.
Since you started a thread about Black, I assume something about her books caught your attention. If you were thinking about checking out her books, I hope one quote won't put you off her. In case it matters, that quote is in the voice of a protagonist who has at that point in the story just been expelled from school because he's suspected of being a victim of a curse and the school is worried about liability, and he has to sort out how to handle his illegal betting network at school while he's away, face moving back to his mafia family which he has a strained relationship with, and also find out if he actually has been cursed, so he's under some stress
