Review: Intellectual, tense
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2013
The book was a little hard to get through simply because the raw intelligence of some of these ideas are so thick that I had to sit there a while and reread a couple paragraphs to have it sink in.  I enjoy a challenge on my brain.  The ideas were new and unique, too, not just encrypted so that the brain just does busy work.  Having said so, the book was a little over my head and I had trouble understanding it.  I'm still not sure I did so completely, but it was a captivating read nonetheless.I do understand that there was conflict with the main character and himself/"friends"/family/lifestyle.  A lot of the book was his thoughts, which were very deep but set: like there are rules about his life and his thoughts were formed taking those rules into account.  It was very depressing, but like I said I enjoyed it so much.  The plotline was very very fast paced, almost a little too much so.  For example suddenly there would be running and new names being shouted, and I have no idea who those people are or what they're doing.  Eventually I'd figure it out, but it's quite confusing in those scenes.  The characters, especially the main character, were unique and original in their different ways, providing an excellent plotline that, although difficult to follow, was beautifully created: growing up with extreme hardships, growing up in general, emotional difficulty, peer pressure, etc.  Couple grammar mistakes here and there, but otherwise a wonderfully gripping book, very meaningful, thoughtful, deep, tense, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in such properties.  Thumbs up!