Not what it says in the summary

Handler is no Snicket, and this dirge has no comedic value.
This is at best a half-written study of unlikable characters, none of whom have successfully transitioned from self-centred childhood to well-rounded adulthood. A story can survive one or two such characters - but when the entire ensemble race for the darker corners of the author's psyche, the result is unpleasant or worse.
Handler trundles into the realms of teenage mental illness, graphic violence, purposeless infidelity, and (whilst he is too coy to allow certainty on this) rape - without offering his characters any redemption beyond "getting away with murder".
The story arc follows a descent into darkness. And stays there.
J T Ross does very well to lift the narrative as far as he does - I was able to listen to the end only because his voice and presentation was so good. However there was little he could do with Handler's bolt-on blobs of mass-produced would-be idiosyncrasy than simply deliver them deadpan "as was the style at that time".
I waited several months before writing this review - the time has only served to confirm that I should seek a refund of the purchase price. Sadly I don't think I can be reimbursed the hours I lost to this twaddle.

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