Fans of Danziger's work are familiar with her first-person, present-tense narrative style. This allows her to speak from inside her main character, often using stream-of-consciousness to present ideas rapidly, one on top of another. This approach, along with her liberal use of puns and corny jokes, may irritate some, but for the majority of readers, it will provide a delightful framework. The immediacy of the action and awareness of Marcy's innermost thoughts and feelings will attract most young people. Although her presentation of Marcy's parents is very flat and one-sided, their depiction probably reflects Marcy's immature and developing consciousness of them. Marcy is the hub of a wide wheel of relationships, all very representative of the teen-age existence.