I can't really pinpoint what it is about this book that didn't make it PERFECT. It was really good. Really sad, too. But there's something that left me wanting more. Maybe it was the fact that we knew Julian's thoughts and his character was very much in depth, but was Adam as well rounded? Sure, he's a happy-go-lucky ball of energy, and yes he finally discovers that he can have feelings towards the end of the book, but while Julian's struggles were slow and realistic, I felt there needed to be more to Adam's journey through his senior year. And the ending.

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It felt like it was almost sort of tacked on. Everyone was recovering at their own pace. Things were starting to feel confined,
and then Julian finally goes outside and, gosh darn, wouldn't you know it? Russel, whom no one has seen hide nor hair of in months, is just suddenly there! So...has he been hiding in the bushes,
waiting for the moment Julian steps outside to take him away? And the whole gun scene was rushed.
It was almost like an anime. Gasp! Who was the one that was shot-oh, don't worry it was Russel.
Okay bye, thanks for showing up so you can get shot and die. Was it for the sake of closure? I dunno,
I'm all for happy endings, but what if the author didn't need to tie up that loose end? Russel stays away, but the book ends without us knowing for how long. Also, Adam can always come to Julian's rescue with the flash drive he found with the video evidence. Or am I sadistic in wanting a book that doesn't wrap everything up neatly and lets the readers wonder?

Either way, don't let my nitpickyness get in the way of anyone reading this book, it really was good!