I mean for starters...I read this all in one day. I didn't mean to, in fact I actively kept trying to go to sleep, but I kept thinking "one more chapter...one more chapter..." until the end. So it's obviously compelling. What I generally like the most about John Green's books are his characters and their voices, and that's true here too. I love Aza as a narrator and I think the portrayal of anxiety and thought spirals here is super well done. I also love the way Star Wars fandom is woven into the thread of the book--it's funny but also you can tell it's an important part of Daisy's life, and that felt real to me, as did the quiet anger that Aza and Daisy's class differences brought up.

What didn't really work for me was the book's mystery plot? I don't really care though, I just think it's worth noting that it didn't really...make sense. (I mean, The Fault in Our Stars also kind of had teens trying to solve a mystery that ended up being really anticlimactic? And I think that's fine but I think the missing father's actions here don't really make sense.) Again--I think what matters more here are the characters' reactions to the ~mystery~'s resolution, and that worked for me.

I also think it's great to have more YA books about mental illness that don't demonize medication.