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Nov 28, 2016VigilanteReads rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Henry's mom is working a dead-end job, his nana's Alzheimer's is getting worse, his brother dropped out of college after his girlfriend got pregnant.Plus Henry's blames his self for his boyfriend Jesse's suicide. Henry also gets abducted by aliens pretty frequently and has the choice to save the world or not. This story was really dark. Trigger warnings galore. Definitely, trigger warnings for suicide, intense bullying, and sexual assault. Even in the near the end once I knew it was a dark book it was able to throw me off with something. Still the book is really good and so interesting. Henry has to decide if the world is worth saving or not. I feel like the decision for Henry is influenced by all the crap he goes through, but I felt like it often came back to Jesse's suicide. I really liked the way this book talked about depression, mental health, grieving, and guilt. Audrey is one character that definitely has great moments where she talks about these topics. It honestly took me a while to get into this, but after the half-way point,I was in. At first, I was getting some big manic pixie dream boy vibes from Diego.Is that a thing? I think it's a thing. There was also being bogged down with all the things happening to Henry and his reactions to them. The characters are brilliant. I felt like they are so layered. Henry's friend Audrey, his family, and Diego were all great characters. Marcus was even a well-done character. He developed. I still have no sympathy for him , but he developed. This book has some really heartbreaking moments.There are so many beautiful parallels in this story that I won't go into because spoilers. Beautiful and heartbreaking actually. I kept noticing them and just loved it. The ending was interesting. I wasn't expecting it to end that way at all. I think I liked it. It leaves me with questions and that's not a bad thing.