genre: realistic fiction, cancer
rating: 7/8 tentacles
this is about a boy who finds out a girl he was sort of friends with once has been diagnosed with cancer. his mom thinks he should be there for her, so he is pushed into the awkward task of reconnecting and beginning a friendship that has an expiration date.
honest, human, compex. fun, youthful voice. cuts out annoying sentimentality and preachy it-will-be-okay messages. imperfect, likable characters. funny--i laughed out loud (for real) a bunch of times. screenplay format successfully integrated into prose (like in Monster, which is also great). read in one day.
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