This is a book that comes from the gut. It directly hits the confusion and beauty of being young. It's the feeling of knowing that there are reasons for living, that there is incredible beauty in the world, but all you can see in others is what you dislike about yourself. The feeling of growing up, knowing that you are a square peg and all you can find right now are the round holes.The plot is the plot. It is not particularly important, other than providing the protagonist situations to bounce off of. And that it does very well.