If you know me as a reader then you know that there are few men I admire more in the literary world than David Levithan. He is an author that says more in 4 words than many people can say in 300 pages. He is a crafter of poetry and a wonderful linguist. Because I have so much faith in Levithan I never even considered the possibility that he would write a book that I didn't like. Never say never, I guess?

The concept of the novel is wonderful, there's no dispute there. The idea of writing contextually without a plan based off of photos from an outside party is genius, but the problem is that you can tell that the novel was written without a plan. The plot was messy, uncomfortable and in the end the characters were lackluster and one-dimensional. The story made me feel rather ill and in the end I was both underwhelmed and unsettled.

I would never discredit Levithan as an author, but this is not a novel that I particularly enjoyed.