Everything Matters

What a strange book. I think that Junior is the darkest character I have ever read about. I can’t even imagine the things that happen to him and what he thinks about. I can see that teenagers might be inclined to think darker than me at times and may relate to Junior better. Sometimes in life things do seem pointless, even when they are very important to others such as parents etc. This book gives a solid purpose to the seemingly pointless things in Junior’s life.
The characters actions did have realistic consequences. I was disturbed by some of the things that went on in the story, but the consequences that came from the actions were appropriate I thought. Nothing was glamorized. Life can be kind of cold and harsh, and this book was as well. I did think that the end of the book helped bring some hope into it, but still not too much. Very strong characters throughout but I still had a hard time trying to complete it.
As I was rereading to find some of my quotes I noticed a great deal of foreshadowing. I missed most of it while I was reading, but enjoyed rereading and putting some of the pieces together.
I do not think this is a Young Adult book, but tend to think of it as for an adult audience. The content seemed to be more for mature readers. I think I do remember this being an adult book and then converted into a YA book.