I started this book after dinner around 7p.m. on a Monday night. The plan was to simply read a few pages and see how I felt before coming up with a schedule for myself to finish the book. That wasn’t an issue because I finished the whole thing in one sitting. All 317 pages of it. There were a few twists and turns, but nothing shocking. A lot of foreshadowing and setting up makes the story’s transitions feel more comfortable, and in a book like this, I appreciate it. It is certainly not a boring ride, though. It’s a slow but interesting journey into the depths of the mind of an emotionally scarred teenager dealing with the loss of a loved one and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it done so well. For most of the book, I actually could have believed that it was written by a teenager. There were other times, however, where the author would name-drop band names and whatnot, that made it seem like maybe they googled “what teens are into these days” as they were writing the book. A little clunky, but nothing I couldn't get past.

All in all, a good read. I enjoyed it immensely.

- J.W.G.