im so sorry i know everyone loves this book but i have 2 major gripes with it
1) im unable to connect with the characters. im sorry at 22% finished i should be able to tell you something new than whats on the blurb and i cant. they are incredibly one-dimensional. like they dont even HAVE NAMES AT THIS POINT IN THE BOOK!
2) the poetic language is taken too far. why was there an entire chapter about basketball and trauma? why was there an entire chapter about his father and yet i still fail to understand their relationship? like ok his dad didn't give him love.  but was he abusive? callous? he worked too hard? yeah sure his dad left him at a store once. ok. i still cant tell if his dad is an airhead or a douchebag. i should know and yet i dont. the over explanations of unnecessary events and yet the under explanation of the actual characters in this book is difficult for me to get through.