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One of the most annoying tropes in HS based YA? Students waltzing around school like they don’t have somewhere to be.

Pg233 —getting punched doesn’t result in a “pool of blood” much less “more blood than was in my body”.
Dramatic much?

P128: Kyle says it’s wrong to cut school.
HE HAS LITERALLY DONE THIS TWICE IN THE LAST WEEK. Just because it was post-lunch doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.

Pg. 79: IDK about anywhere else, but where I'm from a JCPenney's shirt is like...$30. If he's wearing Walmart Jeans, he's wearing a Walmart t-shirt, bro. It's basic poverty truth. TBH, more likely: thrift shop or weird hand-me-down.

*Spoiler* Okay, I know they aren't naked, and they're 16 year old dudes, but as a grown adult reading this little not-technically-a-sex-scene, I feel really gross.

page 56: "How did you get here before me?" "I have a car". A BIG FLASHY YELLOW MUSTANG THAT WOULD BE HARD TO IGNORE IN YOUR SHITTY NEIGHBORHOOD. #%%^@

pg 49: Kyle says a "photographic memory is cool", but what has occurred is not photographic. It's Eidetic. Fucking learn your shit.
Other notes: I feel like this is an Elder Queer trying to make incidences of their youth relevant to today's teen. Juxtaposing pre-tech life with "today" pop culture. And not even well.
Also, this is basically a Teenaged Inside Out at times.