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It's Kind of a Funny Story
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Start date
July 1, 2015
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July 31, 2015
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Jul 2015 - Contemporary
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Sep 13, 2014 rated it liked it
I'm biased on this one going in. I love the movie. The book is good too, but slightly different.

There are a lot of things that ring true in it - for better or worse - and show that the author had a real understanding of depression (unfortunately in this case). The narrative is a little ansty at times (but then so are most teenagers) and some parts I feel are a little glossed over.

Sometimes the writing really bugs me though. I get that Vizzini was trying to make it sound more like a teenager's t
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