Ehhh, this didn't do anything for me. I finished it only to find the predictable ending did actually happen. Maybe it's just too much like high school, which I didn't enjoy all that much in the first place. I could imagine my 15-18 year-old self liking it perhaps. Seemed just a bit too long...there's only so much self-involved teenage angst one can reasonably be expected to read. Handler does a good job with the voice though. The fake movies the main character cites get annoying after a short while. It would have been improved with real movies being referenced. Side note: the physical book is insanely heavy. As in, it weighs a lot due to the thick paper for Kalman's illustrations (which were good, but not integral to the story). If you want a good story with great images, read Selznick's Wonderstruck.