"We're always in a hurry to grow up, never thinking about what comes after you do that. Now that I've already reached the final stop in the game of life, I wish I could've slowed things down. Not been in such a hurry to grow up and grow old."

This book tells the story of middle schooler Finn McAllister who was biking home from school one minute and the next minute he was run off the road by a wild driver in a big van. Finn is now a ghost and has to figure out the mystery of why he was killed. Along the way, Finn figures out he can do a lot of things without anyone telling him no. Finn spends a large chunk of the novel playing video games, going to the movies, trying so many ice cream flavors, and sneaking up on people. Finn also has a new ghost friend Isabella, a girl who disappeared from his school several months before.

I realize I'm not the target audience for this book but this book lands squarely in the category of "middle grade books that make me dread reading middle grade books". Oof. The book was shallow, choppy (very short chapters), and quite frankly, stupid at times. I didn't care how many levels Finn won, I didn't want another chapter of him playing video games. When the mystery finally does get solved, it was anything but satisfying. And the ending? Don't get me started on the ending that made me so angry I spent a few hours listening to this story.

In my opinion, skip this one. There are much better middle grade novels to spend your time reading.

TW: missing person, death