When I was picking out books to bring with me on my trip for winter break this year, Winger made the list, and something about the sarcastic tone of the book pulled me right in. 
 I actually read most of it on various planes, compelled by the writing style of Andrew Smith. Even though the book was severely lacking in a well-defined plot and had quite a few eye-rolling moments, I couldn't get enough of the story and characters, mainly because I had a bunch of different theories all regarding what was going to happen to all the characters. This book has a very lighthearted tone, but that takes a huge plunge right in the last 30 or so pages. 
 Reading it, I was expecting something that was really more on the shallow side than on the intense philosophy side, thus making it the perfect book for a vacation. What I actually feel now, is very VERY upset. The amount of feels associated with this book is not light at ALL, so please take that into consideration when you decide to read this book. 
 Oh yeah, a summary might be good. Now, I didn't know anything about Winger going into it, except that it was about rugby. Honestly, you really don't need to know anything about the book to go into it, and I'd even count knowing that there was a very feels-intense ending as a spoiler. For those of you who want to know some more about it, Winger is about Ryan Dean West, a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids whose parents choose to send them away. He's on the varsity rugby team, so his only real friends are with him on the rugby team. For his junior year, he gets moved to O-Hall, where all the 'bad' kids go, away from his friends and stuck with people he really doesn't like. The book mainly covers his junior year and how he deals with changes that are going on in his life. 
 I'd probably give it around a 4.25-4.5 stars (I know, the decimals, but I love decimals), since I had some a lot of problems with Ryan Dean, but a specific other character made up for it. 
 For my full review with spoilers, read it here. 
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