It's not like I meant for Danley to get hurt, and I don't think that what happened was one hundred percent my fault, or even a lot my fault, even though I don't deny that I was there. 
 Overall Starred Rating: 3.5/5 
 It's not like I didn't enjoy this book. It hooked me and kept me reading, possibly even more than some of the other books that have a higher rating than me. But here's the thing- most of the book is completely worthless. There. I've said it, and it's nothing far from the truth. 
 The plot of this book is hopeless. Most of the stories had little to no connection to each other, and ofter I find myself thinking, Why should I care? Barely any of it has anything to do to what Goldblatt 'claims' is the most important element of the story since the whole book is literally about how this dude keeps procrastinating, which makes NO sense, because since the poor dude HATES writing the book (more or less), why don't just write about it for a page then get done with it? 
 Julian Twerski is not a bad child. He's just made a bad mistake. His writing teacher has forced him to write about the one thing that he doesn't want to- the very thing that got him suspended. Linking bad judgments, girls, and wondering he's still the fastest kid in the grade, Julian ends up writing a memoir rather than just a page long explanation. 
 Julian's mom made no sense to me. Your child literally comes to you to call the ambulance, with NO explanation, and you play his dummy and do it. Like....what? 
 Usually, when it comes to these kinds of diary entries, you'd expect something related to the date. But noo... this could have easily been set in 2017 and not have made a difference.