Status Updates From Beautyland

I understand now why everyone wrote about this book being strangely sad, because of how vividly it captures the thoughts of someone who goes through adolescence while yearning to feel accepted, someone who struggles to fit in and is given the short end of the stick in terms of their future, and is forced to watch the world move on while they're left behind.
It's hauntingly beautiful because of its unique prose.

I think Adina being an “alien” is a metaphor for neurodivergent but not 100% sure. Regardless, like the ambiguity and interpretation