This was a lot of fun! Reading it after reading Philippe's memoir made me notice little details borrowed from the author's life, but just in like a fun Easter egg way, not in the kind of way where you're like "oh I see the author has wedged their own obsession with Nirvana in here" (or whatever). Norris's voice is SO good--so teen with its blend of snark and vulnerability.

I loved too how genre-aware Norris is and yet how even as the book makes reference to how similar some things are to teen movies/TV shows, it also veers off and keeps things surprising.

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And I loved that Maddie didn't fully take him back at the end!