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Jan 21, 2018RebelBelle13 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
DNF'd (Did not finish) at page 50. There's a reason why novels aren't typically centered around the non-special, generic kids in the background. It's boring. The special ones are running around fighting bad guys, causing explosions, and dying or killing off zombies, and we're stuck reading about Mikey who has OCD and washes his hands 100 times in a row. Thrilling stuff. Ness tries to tick off every diversity box he can here- POC, OCD, Anorexia, absent single mother, gay friend, questioning and bisexual behavior. There's nothing inherently wrong with any of this, mind you. The fact that this is now being included in YA contemporary novels is fantastic. However, when you try to cram every single one in to appeal to as many people as possible, it gets to be too much. This was too boring, too frustrating and just not what I was looking for. Hard pass.