Listened to the audio book and the chapters written in second person really threw me, but I loved how it all came together. ( )

Rebecca Stead is a genius. ( )

Weird. Pleasing. Possibly not quite as weird or as pleasing as some of her previous books, but the characters are quirkily endearing (yay cat ears), refreshingly unsure about romance, and generally working through some very realistic social media dilemmas. Good times! ( )

I read this book in 6th grade and it was my favorite. I still really like it. Rebecca Stead has such charm in her writing. You fall in love with all of her characters. A lot of people criticize the "Mystery Girl" POV, but I appreciate the idea and I think she did it well. I used to think all the characters were so mature, but now that I'm older than the oldest principal character who is 14, I see this book in a different light. It's like a time capsule for me because I relate to all the characters. ( )

I chose this book based on how much I love the author's [When You Reach Me], which I've read three times. But in this book, although the author still has a way with creating charming, layered middle-grade characters, she was all over the place, as though this were almost an experimental project. The POV changes between several characters, which is fine. One character has both third-person POV, plus some sections that are him writing letters in first person, which is fine. But another character remains unnamed until the end of the book, with her sections in second person present tense. This character is referring to characters that none of the others do, so it's quite confusing. I figured out who this one was just before it was revealed, and it was just one big ... fizzle. ( )