I loved the beginning of this book, adored the ending, and despised the middle. I thought about giving it up, but I’m truly glad I did not. I think that this book celebrates ordinary life and all of the oddities within it, and I wish Meno had kept it at that. The inclusion of some very strange events and details really threw this book for me, otherwise it would have been one of my favorites for the year. I think a lot of people will adore this book, like Jackie did, and a lot of people will be frustrated with it. Still more will be somewhere in between, like I am. There are absolutely things to love about this book, so I can recommend it.