First time in a long time that a book has made me cry, (view spoiler)[at the passage where Charlie is talking about if he hadn't been born in a month where it snowed, his aunt would still be alive (hide spoiler)]. I wish I had read this book earlier in my life. It would have helped me give a name to my anxiety. 
 At any rate, it's a great book. Charlie is unflinchingly honest in his letters. The prose is straightforward and full of feeling. Charlie's many dilemmas in his friend group are things many teens can still relate to. I'm not sure how common it was for this time period to have openly gay characters (alas, I was a wee thing in the '90s), but it seemed ahead of its' time to me. This book deals with a lot of issues of friendship, mental health, and family that are still important for teens today.