This book was a wild ride for me because there was a hot minute I considered DNFing, not because the story was bad (the story was what kept me reading) but the writing style kept bringing me out of the reading over and over. I'm not even sure what it was other than maybe it was in 3rd person but with lots of little asides that would have made more sense in first person to me, and overall it kind of sounded like a voiceover track? It was an odd experience, but I eventually got used to it and didn't even notice it anymore. The story takes place over ten years and I could see it being a movie potentially. It has the comedy, the angst, the platonic and romantic love stories, the emotion (I was full on bawling closer to the end at one point), etc. I think the concept was great and the story ended up being fine so I don't regret sticking it out to the end, but it was a bit disappointing.