Well well well.

I was, as everyone else, warned about this book. " Very graphic " ; " trauma porn " ; " your falling tears will dry you up " ; this book, whether hated or beloved, certainly left a mark on his reader's minds. 

I was no exception... Which I discovered towards the second half of the book. Until then, I'd been blissfully admiring of the writing style, or beautiful prose, as we can all agree it is. 
But I hadn't been moved to tears, I was not particularly shocked, and if it makes me sound like a monster, rest assured that explanations are coming.

Of course, towards the end, I did end up crying a little, and I can't ignore that I felt a whole lot of " big emotions " ; sadness, anger, frustration,  obliterating rage... And finally, boredom. The story does get repetitive, and beauty can only be admired fully for a while, before we get tired of it. 

I disagree with those who say this amount of trauma is impossible, but I'd argue that it is indeed improbable. I've been gifted, myself, the kind of life that June has ( thankfully, in wildly different ways ), and it does look like I've lived a hundred lives already ; yet, this amount of horror, and not ONE single good person to try and do better ?
Doubtful.

Though, the reaction of his peers is actually gullible : very few are those who'd bring a sick friend to the psych ward against his will ( Andy though, aren't you a medic ? ). 

I've read comments about people being unhappy about the ending : spoiler alert ( somewhat ), how did you expect this to end ? It was logical, and even if I was rooting against this outcome for most of the book, around the last dozen pages or so, well, I actually agreed that this was the ending we should be wishing for.

As someone says in the book, " it's not fair... But it's right ".

Some lives simply cost too much. And I believe that those who expects happy endings are those who are used to getting them IRL, therefore that's their reality, and they can't see it any other way. 

Too bad, life sucks for some people. 

Still, I'd recommend the book, if you have the mind to handle it, and if you're sure you won't fall back bad pathways because of it. I had to be careful at some points, cause Jude and the past me think a little bit too much alike. 
Painful story, beautiful story... I took out points because of its exagerated length, and repetitivity ; but I still felt the " emptyness " in me that follows a good book's ending.