Honestly, the about-300-page book seemed longer than that one huge Harry Potter book. Usually, this is an indicator that the book was boring, but it was not. I enjoyed it entirely. Why?
Why did I enjoy the book?
The cover is pretty, I guess. Red and yellow.
Oh, wow. I just realized that the cover doesn't include any black, which used to be Brent's favorite color before the fire. This relates somewhat to what I mentioned last or the last last post, when I said that Brent's favorite color changed from black to something else, and that it implied a change within Runyon. Now I realize that this is probably even more likely to be true according to this observation. Or maybe this is all in my head and I'm just making stuff up.
It is all a lie, after all.
I seem to have deviated from my original question.
Why did I enjoy it?
I've mentioned before that the present tense makes this narration as a whole a lot more relatable. However, it would be foolish not to notice that Brent is a teenager. And that I am also a teenager. Suddenly it's even more relatable. Double relatability, all the way across the sky.
What does it mean?
Refraction!
All drugs aside, I could agree with many of the things Brent mentioned, especially towards the latter half of the book (because in all honesty, I'm not that depressed and anyone that knows me may have a slight idea of how I'm usually not unhappy).
Getting out of my personal frame, this book would generally feel relatable with anyone else. Not only is it narrated in present tense for everyone else (unless you're a novel editting time traveller), but also I assume that everyone reading this is in, or has gone through, his or her teenage years. Adolescents such as myself can relate by saying "haha, yeah, I think that too and do that too" and older people could say "haha, yes, I used to do and think those things too... Oh God, why did I do that before."
In that sense, this book very available to the public. Maybe not for children. It does have sexual references, bad words, and slightly bad influence in the form of drugs and self-combustion.
All that aside, it's a hot book.
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