Wow, Elliot is such a good writer! This is a tough book, and the some of the stories shared in it are pretty gut-wrenching, but his talent for writing with depth and emotion really shines throughout.

I’ve seen people discussing how the non-chronological organization of the chapters made it hard to follow, but I didn’t have much of a problem with that. I saw this less as a “here’s the story of my life from beginning to current events laid out in linear fashion,” and more of like “here are a collection of snapshots, moments in time laid out across the floor, that form a picture of my life.”