I really wanted to like this book but I just didn't. It started out slow and I found myself straining to stay interested throughout most of it. I wanted to like the main character Cody but when it came down to it I was often annoyed by the way she acted and treated people, especially Ben. I get that she was going through a tough time and her best friend had killed herself but Cody was just pretty much...a bitch. I did feel bad for her. It was sad how she was so lost being left behind by her seemingly only friend but when she met Meg's other friends she was so insensitive. She acted like they weren't even people who knew Meg. She was so rude and it only got worse when she started interacting with Ben. Yes as the book went on she softened up a bit with Alice and the friends but she was pretty much just plain mean to Ben for about half the book. She eased up to friendly sarcasm three quarters of the way in but she would always throw in a mean jibe with an edge that was a little too sharp. She made Ben out to be this jerk of a guy who was such a player but he was nothing but respectful and nice to her. She just kept harping on her ideas of the kind of person she thought he was which he never really confirmed or denied. He was mostly just silent when she was snapping at him. 
 I actually liked Ben. Yeah he was a typical musician. He was hot and had been with a lot of girls but he was also more below the surface. He wasn't the shallow heartless jerk that Cody wanted him to be. 
 I also liked Meg's roommates Alice, Stoner Richard and Harry Kang and Meg's family. They were all very real and relatable. They seemed like people you could talk to. 
 When it came to Meg I don't feel like I really got to know her very well. She was not alive when the book started but I thought there would be a clearer picture of her. There were a lot of details about her suicide but not many about her life itself. I couldn't even tell you what she went to school for. All I know about her is that she was Cody's friend, she slept a lot, knew how to use a soldering iron and liked music. 
 I think this book shows an interesting viewpoint on suicide and what the victim goes through before committing suicide. The way it approaches the topic is very unique. It also showed the effects that it can have on those left behind. It was different than other books that I've read on this subject.