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What a polarizing read this was for me! The first half of it, I had a hard time stomaching the author. His memories of his teenage years, followed by his years at Stanford, went overboard in highlighting just how much of an insufferable, pretentious person he was. (It drove me nuts every time he talked about his ‘zine � oh gosh, SO MUCH NERD TALK ABOUT ‘ZINES IN THIS BOOK!)

BUT THEN � he loses his friend Ken in this super tragic way. And then he writes so poignantly about the confusion and fall out of this loss that I almost found myself liking this book. Key word being almost.

For me, this was a 3-star read and my feelings about it are in line with those shared in this review from fellow reader Luce, whose following opinion I also happen to share: “I’m sure this memoir will resonate with a lot of readers but sadly I found its portrayal of friendship somewhat of a let-down.�