I ended up really enjoying the story because of how weird it is but also really enjoyed August and Jack as characters as well as their own friendship. August ignoring all the signs that Jack is actually ill finally coalesce to them being sentenced to criminal psych ward separated by order, though while there Jack finally gets the treatment he needed. It takes place in an (albeit far-fetched) version of the "real world" but, due to a specific type of mental illness, there are a lot of fantastical elements.Īugust and Jack are lifelong friends but when Jack starts experiencing hallucinations that gradually get worse and more encompassing, August chooses to play along out of a grandiose sense of obligation, instead of thinking that Jack would instead benefit from some actual medical help. This book is bizarre and that's making it hard for me to shelve it. It was just such a creative choice and it just enhanced the experience overall.ĭefinitely an intriguing story and so very different than most books you will pick up.
I especially loved how as they book and the characters spiraled into darkness the pages themselves faded to black to emphasize that. I also LOVED the way the book was written with mixed media- the drawings, the notes, the CD’s, just everything. It was addressed and emphasized on how unhealthy and co-dependent the boys were towards each other and I am so relieved that for once in a story the characters got some type of therapy and help by the end (I cannot count how many characters would benefit from some much needed therapy). Jack and August’s relationship was definitely an unhealthy one which had me concerned at first but I am so grateful for how the author handled it. Was this world real or was it all in Jack’s head?
It was strange and interesting and left me questioning the entire time what was real and what was not.
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