i am (not) charlotte simmons

just finished charlotte simmons and feel almost cheated out of the week and half i spen reading that 670 page sham. from a book that was supposed to show the shocking state of college these days, it did such a poor job. who allowed a 74 year old white male write about this topic? also, to the people who positively reviewed this book and said how it was good, can you please write me and let me know how you found it to be interested? at all? i didn't read this book for the shocking value of hearing about how college campuses are rampant with sex drugs and britney spears music, rather i thought it would be an easy summer read about a country girl and her view of this large prestigious east coast school. wrong again. there is approx. 500 pages of background before the main action takes place, leaving less than 200 pages to tie up the loose edges. the 500 pages of back story and support info. is nothing new, just info. that could have been written by any american aware of stereotypes on college campuses, the stupid athlete with all the perks b/c he's a star on campus, the fraternity jerk who takes advantage of girls, the dork who has to "tutor" the athletes to pay his way at school.
then we come to the end and it just blew me away with little irony the sum up of the book was written. (don't want the story spoiled, don't read any further).....
she ends up with the athlete who wanted to change his ways and "work" at school (mind you, i think it was supposed to be his last semester, way to turn over a new leaf) and she leads him into the intellectual life. oh my god, are you kidding me?? she is now a celebrity on campus (and not of the reasons earlier in the book) b/c she is the athlete's girlfriend. you cannot even begin to imagine how much this really put me over the edge. talk about clearly written by a male! all of the male characters were lame, typical stereotypes confirming their place in the grand scheme.
i have to stop now before i go over the edge. off to the mall in columbia.