*2.5* 
 I had some problems with this. Overall, it was an intriguing, important story. I found the situations and problems each character dealt with to be pretty real and believable, but sometimes I felt like things were being said and done to fill space rather than progress the plot in any way. 
 I really liked the parts with Adam's friends, but they were vastly underutilized. Being a huge fan of Perks of Being a Wallflower (one of my all time favorite books EVER), this felt extremely reminiscent of it. It tried to be something like that but just came across as a rip off to me. 
 I feel like this book is perfectly aimed toward middle schoolers simply for the slightly juvenile writing. Lines and phrases kept getting repeated that didn't need to be, and the descriptions weren't the greatest or very in depth at all. 
 The teachers were the one thing that truly bothered me the most. I'm not sure if I was just lucky and never encountered such horrendous teachers during my time in school, but these teachers were just so unrealistic to me. Sure, there were some that I knew growing up that weren't the happiest or the nicest, but never were they intentionally brutal or rude to any student (especially one who so obviously needed real help). Their dialogue and actions were just so out of the blue, and I couldn't help but cringe at the unbelievability. 
 I'm not sure if I read the same book as most people here did because my rating is much lower than most.