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Omg when she meets Tanya and Danny again she's going to LOSE IT

I'm sorry GONE?!

oh it's picking up QUICK now

I cant believe Im just discovering this series

Other people influence kids at this age soooo heavily - I wish everyone had supportive friends like them

Manny better know how iconic he is for this

"For some reason when I'm in the library all my yucky bad feelings go away. I wish I could stay there all day."

Everything about this book would have appealed to me as a young reader - short chapters, butt jokes, "kid" problems and worries...

"You think you're stressed now..."

Heard that before

"Sometimes I feel like I'm going to get so small, I'll disappear."

"... and who listens to us folks at the bottom?"

My heart is breaking for him

The narrators are killing this - each of their personalities are so distinct and entertaining to listen to

The epilogue has me kicking my feet while my heart shatters

BITCH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS WHOLE TIME?!?!

Reading about Maclean Hospital rn is nuts

"If life was a gift, it was a present I didn't deserve.

I feel like there have been wayyy too man people introduced, killed off, switching perspectives - I'm getting very confused

The multiple perspective changes with the world-building all at the beginning is a LOT

WHAT

"I made dogs sad and people unhappy."

Poor girl

Omg, what an asshole

the old car and it's oil change comparison is so heartbreaking

NOOO NO THIS IS A REALLY BAD PLACE TO HAVE A CRASHOUT

"I got the message... and went on."

I'm dead

Between all the lines of humor and action, there is a really meaningful reflection of grief, guilt, and trauma at a young age

"If the Jerry Springer show had been around in 1978, the producers would've moved Heaven and Earth to book me."

This is the funniest sentence I've ever read

Wait, I don't get where this is going...

Wait, the difference in her talking about people the same age is crazy - good catch mama

"I can't bear more- I don't know, shame."