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A○S has essentially no action, nor is it about relationships; nor is it a comedy, though there are moments of dark humor. Instead, it is a psychological portrait of a mentally ill young woman, seen through her own eyes. The book's protagonist and narrator (who is always drawn naked, but never titillatingly so) is searching for friends, and the book consists of brief episodes from her quest. But she is schizophrenic, and the stories follow the twisted logic of her own mind, without distinguishing between reality, her delusions, and allegory. Though she is desperately lonely, the bizarre behavior that her illness gives rise to dooms her quest to failure: in one episode, for example, she tries to make friends by telling a stranger in a convenience store that the shampoo may be poisoned. -from Completely Futile
from fictiondb: MAYBE IT WAS HIS EYES .. . Or maybe it was the chocolate Santa he gave her. Or the way he sat so companionably, eating her Christmas cookies. Or maybe it was the kiss under the mistletoe that had so disordered her senses. Whatever it was, Cassie found it impossible to forget Matt Reiss. But this Beverly Hills playboy wasn't interested in falling for anyone. So why did the mere sight of Cassie seem to provoke him? How could two people battling such a fierce attraction ever realize that they were two meant for love?
