This book is currently being challenged in my school district. After reading this, I am so frustrated about the challenging. Everything that is talked about in this book is talked about in public school ten times over. I love this story and the message behind the story. I don't know how someone can read this book and just see it as all completely disgusting. It's a beautiful book, and this story within it is one that is so seldom told. I loved this. If one doesn't want their children to know about what happens in this book, then those children shouldn't be allowed to enter the real world. The real world is a lot more 'disgusting' then this.
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I think it may be illigal to end a book like this... It was a really good book. I'm sad I have to wait so long for the next one though. So much waiting...

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3.5/5 stars.

It's really nice to see a representation that I don't usually see. Really great :)

2.5/ 5 stars.

I had my problems with this book which in turn made me not enjoy this book as much.

Here were my problems:
1. The tone in the writing was very innocent. At the beginning, it was refreshing, but after a while it seemed like the voices were too juvenile for the characters.
2. Instalove up the wazoo
3. After the beginning, the characters kid of fell short for me.

I think this book suffered from me getting older and not really wanting to read about fifteen year olds anymore :/

I really enjoy reading about these girls. I've been reading these books strategically so than I can be the same age as the girls when I'm reading it. This one went a little slower for me because I have seen the movie that was based off of this book. But other than that, it was great :)

I feel like this escalated really quickly. I don't know if I liked it or not.

2.5/5 stars.

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This book took me forever to read. And, when I say forever I mean FOREVER. Part of me is just really glad that I finished this book because it’s taken me forever and another part of me is really glad to know how this story ends after all this time of not knowing. However, I am sad to say that this wasn’t my favorite John Green book. Actually, I can firmly state that this is my least favorite John Green book that I have read.
I’ve realized that I am not as attracted to John Green’s older books as I am to his newer books. I never really understood why this was until this book. In my opinion, John Green has grown a lot as a writer over the years and I think with that, the maturity of his characters has changed a lot. For example, in this book, the characters used the “r” word quite often and that bothered me. When people use the “r” word it shows me an ignorance or lack of understanding what’s right and what’s wrong. The characters came off as immature to me. But then, I run into the problem of whether it’s John Green’s writing that is changing or whether it’s me who is changing. The latter could definitely be the problem because I have been having a hard time connecting to young adult recently.
THe only thing that I really liked about this book were the interactions between Colin and Lindsey. Other than those interactions, the book wasn’t so great for me.

I just think this one didn't connect with me.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

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I’ve been reading this book for quite a long time, simply because I’m in college. I was really hesitant about reading this one because I knew the main character was pretty young. My connection with young high schoolers in books has not been very good recently. However, I connected to this book quite nicely. Even though not everything in this book was wonderful, the parts that were wonderful felt very authentic.

One thing that really struck me with this story is the fact that Craig was going through things that I didn’t go through until my freshman year of college. I couldn’t get over the fact that Craig is so young. A fifteen year old kid who just started high school was thinking about whether or not his education will allow him to live a sustainable life. All of that pain for someone so young. At first it seemed really sad to me, but this book reminded me that that doesn’t really matter. Pain is unfair and doesn’t care about how young or old you are. This book is immensely important for those who have been told that they are too young to feel pain. Pain isn’t a maturity thing, and I think that in our society we forget so often. Everyone can feel pain and I think that by insinuating that certain types of pain are acquired by maturity we are actually perpetuating the problem. This book addresses this issue perfectly.

I’m really glad that Ned Vizzini left us with such a beautiful story. I am sure that this book has helped many young people who have been told that they are too young to feel mental pain.

4.5/5 stars.

This book was really great! I wasn't really expecting what I got with this book, which was excellence. Yeah, not every story in this book was great, but the great ones outshined the not so great ones. I loved it so much. This could possibly turn into one that I read every year around the holidays.

Reread 12/18/15

Still love it <3 So cute!

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