i was assigned to read this in highschool by a very cool english teacher and while it was unlike anything I'd ever encountered before and therefore the plot was a little hard for me to follow at the time, the beauty of it has always stuck with me. gotta reread it one day

reread: Alright yeah this shit is perfect. love how he reached a point where he was just like alright let me write something more accessible, classic coming of age story. but he made it just as complex and layered as the American story itself. could hardly put this one down fr i would stay up and late and wake up early just to read this that's how good it is