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Thumped - Megan McCafferty And I’m a back in the world that had me slightly skeeved out, sometimes laughing then sometimes totally out of the loop. It was the lingo, see? All that techno-babble and reproaesthetic what-not were things my brain just refused to absorb. And even when it got a bit ham fisted in how over the top the presentation was, moments of this worked for me.I did not reread the first one, so I struggled to recall some of the details. But thanks to the short chapters and characters quite capable of getting their meanings across, I did get back into the flow eventually. I was quite surprised by some of the changes they’d undergone: John Doe’s change, was not that surprising… all his “I’ll do it if it makes you happy...” had me feeling like he’d lost his personality, BUT him unintentionally shifting back to his object of adulation persona was darned entertaining. He was after all more than the sum of his private parts. Oh, lord! This book was funny. Or Melody and Harmony with their closeness... in the first book, one was reluctant to get to know the other, this one has them already knowing each other AND relying on each other. Melody especially is less me, me, me/my brand, and Harmony less about her being God freaky. I like that they’re extreme positions were toned down… ‘twas less annoying that way.With all those people espousing one extreme view over another and the addition of teenage love drama, I do confess that I enjoyed this one… at least more readily so than I was with the first book. 2.5.5