"Rats Saw God" is a painful and true book, unlike 90% of teen literature out there. Rob Thomas writes with the honesty of Francesca Lia Block, but removes Block's quasi-psychadelica and adds in his own life. To steal a quote from a review of Heavens to Betsy, this book is a gem: hard, sharp, and beautiful. The only downfall to it is that it falls into a somewhat predictable set of cliches in the middle, but it quickly recovers and packs the same amount of punch. I reccomend this to anyone who enjoys Chris Lynch or Francesca Lia Block