This book made me so happy. First of all, Simon reminds me a lot of one of my old students, and this was so much like getting a peek inside of his weird brain. And I love that kid, so that was a good start. 
 I honestly laughed out loud throughout this book-- the characters all have their own distinct yet believable styles of humor. Like all of my favorite YA books, this one represents adolescent friendships accurately; imperfect and constantly in flux. 
 And there were so many moments in this story where I thought I had it figured out only to be proven wrong! (Though one of my earlier hypotheses ended up being correct). 
 Love love love.