2.5 stars -- and I think that has more to do with my inability to relate to the story. Not the gay bit...just the characters personalities were so far removed from what I experienced in childhood that it didn't jibe for me. Half the time I was left waiting for the real Tyler to emerge...but that's who Tyler was. I'm just an anti-attention seeker that I couldn't understand his thoughts and motivations (half the time I wondered if he was delusional, and then that made me wonder if I was missing something). I kept waiting for more dimensions...like him saying he should feel like a better friend, and I agreed with him (not that I didn't understand him wanting someone to care about him, but that shouldn't preclude him from being there for Jenny). Yeah. I don't know. Was it me? Was it the book? It just left me feeling cold and sad and unfulfilled in the end. It was upped to 2.5 from 2 b/c I would catch glimmers of more to Tyler, I guess I just wanted more. From all the characters. *shrugs*