Everything Matters

Yes, everything matters in life, esp, family, love, friends etc., I get it. But what a depressing book! I must say I had a hard time getting through this one.

The plot was very dark and weird to me. I personally don't like reading about the world coming to an end, but what really got to me were the strange turn of events. Death, drugs, alcoholism and sex, were in every page turned in the book. Even when something good happened, something even worse happened. Why?? Could Jr. really not get a break? That's what made the last part of the book better when he chose to go back and re-live his same life and undo some of his mistakes. But what really got to me was Amy. Why oh why would you even consider killing your child? That just floored me!

The changing perspectives did help see the different views but did get hard to follow as I worked through the book. The characters were interesting to say the least. Like I said earlier, I didn't understand Amy at all. All of the characters had a personal demon to battle in themselves, drugs, alcohol, abuse, etc.

There are students who are very dark like these characters and I'm sure they would enjoy reading this book. I understand its place in the library. It's not just my taste.