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Update: This book deserves five stars. It's fantastic. Read it. Ignore the math below.

Well, Goodreaders, remember that time over the summer when I cheated on my library and found a smaller, closer library in a nearby town? Yeah, that's still going on. See my review of The Green Mile for more details, but things are going very well between us. So far I've picked up The Green Mile, Rabbit Run, and The Nix from this new library of mine, and those three books are some of my favorite reads of the year. My ratings for these books average 4.66666 six six six six six repeating. Very impressive, especially for an overly critical reviewer like me.

Anyway, I was skeptical of this book from the very beginning since it kept showing up in my feed as a sponsored book. Over and over and over again. And those big colorful letters, I just couldn't help but recognize it in the library. The giant font and colors on the spine screamed at me from the shelf. I saw it and thought about how I keep seeing it everywhere and so I immediately felt like it couldn't be that great. If it were so awesome why does ŷ������ have to keep marketing it to me? But those bright colors, man. I couldn't resist.

So I grab the book and rush over to check out. I got home and I started wondering why I even picked it up. The plot seemed interesting, but I'm not really a 600+ page book kinda guy. I like books to be about half that size. But then I started reading and I got sucked into the story right away. I was knocking out dozens of pages without even thinking about it. I put it down for a few days and came back to it and couldn't put it down again. Now that I've finished it, I'm missing the characters I spent so much time with throughout this journey.

And what a journey is was! It bounces around to different characters and time periods with pretty short chapters that keep the pages turning. This guy is hilarious, too, with some chapters making me laugh out loud... I'm looking at you Pwnage. Yep, he's a character in this crazy story. So much happens in the book and the author goes on some tangents at times that pull away from he main plot, but it's all so fun to read. At times I was bummed because I got to a new section and had to go back in time again, but those sections were just as engaging and fun to read.

It's pretty impressive that this is Hill's first book. He definitely has the formula down and can weave a fantastic story together. I'm really looking forward to seeing what else this guy can do. He made me a believer with just a few pages. I'm telling you, this story is gonna stick with you. If you are a hippie, War protestor, online gaming enthusiast, professor, college student, musician, trouble maker, publisher, liberal, or just a regular person who loves a great story with lots of humor, this is a book you need to read soon.

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