I heard nothing but good things about this book. When I picked it up, holding it between my hands and I flipped the first page, I was excpecting for some kind of bookish revelation. I was ready to read a masterpiece. 
 Whitout doubts, this book is different. The setting, the characters, the theme... everything is fresh to me. Mayve it's because I don't read enough book of this book, but I appreciate these details. But... the book gave me nothing. I didn't shed a tears or smiled. I didn't feel anything in particoular. 
 The story is based of Dante and Ari and how their lives will change and evolve after they met each other. 
 Then things happens... what kind of things I don't know how to describe. There are dead birds and tennis shoes throwed on the street... and the story goes on until when things start to get dark but the future is still there for the two protagonists. 
 Reading this book gave me the feel that it's full of wisdom but I wasn't able to catch it and let my ideas and mind bloom whit its philosophy. 
 I didn't find Dante really interesting - except the fact that he's a total masochist when it comes to his feelings - and also a bit irrealistic. He looks like a free, poetic and special young boy, but I cannot figure him in the real world. 
 The exact oppisite happened with Dante. I was able to see a lot of similarities between him and me, and also between his family and mine, the fathers especially. Actually I think that I would had love the book much more if the story was only about him. 
 Another fact that letf me a bit... unsatisfaited? I don't really know how to describe the sensation. Anyway, I was talking about the sexual orientation of the two protagonist. I totally felt like this was a central and deep part of the book, but it was more like just a final act of the story. Also, I found the romance to be a bit flat. I couldn't undertand why Ari should have been in love. If he and Dante were friends... no difference. Friend can act in the exact same way in which Ari and Dante acted. 
 Basicially? 
 I enjoyed this book but I terribly perplexed.