That was ... quite a ride. I love the different components — grammar nerd moments, wildly but self-confessedly unreliable narrator, the high school backdrop — yet somehow the whole is just a tad bit lacking, I’m not quite sure how. Still, I adore the vivid characters and the complexity of the plot, the hairpin twists and turns, and especially the unapologetic narrator (with the possible exception of the way she handles race and sexuality, but considering how dramatic and designed-to-be-controversial the rest of the novel is, I'm not sure how I ultimately feel about this portrayal).