If my old English teachers ever got a hold of this book, they'd love it to bits. It gave Catcher in the Rye vibes (coming of age, questioning the meaning of life, etc) but with more (often dark) humour and mature subject matter. It was long but very well-written, especially the second half. I stayed up late devouring it.
The book was memoir-style with two protagonists: Maggie, a young woman who kept falling in love with gay guys, and Moon, one of those gay guys. The story was easy to follow and not cringey like some memoir/diary-like stories are. The writing was quite poetic and I found myself highlighting a bunch of passages in my ebook to look at later. The Maldives (islands in south Asia where Moon is from) sound beautiful yet dangerous due to their politics--I had never heard of them before.
I was drawn to the book because one reviewer called it weird and I had to find out why. What I found weird wasn't so much the story itself but the content warnings at the beginning; there were almost 6 whole pages, listing out every warning there could possibly be (many fall under the umbrella of violence, most of it happening off-screen or just mentions of it). I made a simplified list of the content warnings I noticed in case anyone wants it:

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mature language; violence; off-screen deaths; off-screen suicide; suicide attempt and self-harm; alcohol, drug, and cannabis use; addiction; mental health issues; sex; references to prostitution, sexual assault, and abortion; and homophobia.