I borrowed this book from friend when i was bored one day, not realising that it was written by David Levithan.
This was an extremely quick read but i found it quite hard to keep up with what was going on at times. Not that the story is confusing as such but more because it is broken up by very cryptic poetry.
This is a story that embraces the teenage mindset and is told from a variety of characters point of view throughout the book. It explores how people use their exterior to put up a front to protect themselves but in reality they are all just as vulnerable as each other . I think that this is a good message to send to young people, because i know from my school days that it can be quite lonely having to pretend to be somebody else, in order to either keep friends or protect yourself from other peoples view points.
It also looks at issues such as self confidence and how everybody suffers with insecurity about something.
I probably would not reread this book, as it does remind me about a lot of things from school that i would rather forget and it is quite hard for me to follow, this is why i gave it a 3 on Goodreads. If that isn't something you are to bothered about or you are a young person in school this book will be an interesting read for you so i do recommend it.

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