While it certainly packs a punch, it’s a quick, engaging read and I think it would be equally engaging to high schoolers and adults. Maybe that’s kind of perverted or maybe it’s just romantic and highly intelligent. Just like the times when Junior is heartbroken but can’t. This in no way makes it less funny, or less sad. Here’s one of my favorite things about the book: almost everything that makes you laugh is also heartbreaking. And for YA that everyone’s been raving about. Plus I’m not the hugest fan of short stories. But I didn’t go out and gobble up all this other books. Put it next to Plato’s Republic and it was pretty damn exciting. I kinda got on the Sherman Alexie bandwagon, as an undergrad, when all freshmen were required to read his The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven. I still think the book is fantastic, but I don't think the same of its author, and I can't promote his writing with any enthusiasm. 2018 update - with all of the women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment from Alexie, I'm no longer comfortable with the glowing review I originally wrote.
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