Uh. Holy shit. 
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 (I agree with Julie Strauss Gabel.) I am waffling between a 4 and a 5 rating... Time to reflect! 
 You know, not only did I enjoy reading this book, but also I enjoyed reading the reviews! Someone mentioned how it was nice that Andrew Smith initially wrote this book for himself and nobody else, which made the book feel like it was written just for the reader. In that way, the book is refreshing. Don't get me wrong, it's not refreshing in the usual sense since I didn't exactly feel lighter after reading this book. But I like that. The story took weird turns, but they all connected (as Austin points out). 
 The writing style/voice of Austin (the main character) really stuck with me. At first I liked it, then I started to hate it (because it got predictable and felt too bland), then I started to like it again. Austin's voice is forever inside my head; I actually started to have thoughts in that style during/after reading. Ahh it's hard to explain but I hope that makes sense. 
 I decided to stick with 4 stars since I don't think female characters were portrayed very well. Shann was literally the only female character who had decent dialogue (albeit it was mostly about male characters... but that makes sense so I'm conflicted). It probably passed the Bechdel test because Shann asked her mom to make lunch--although if I remember correctly, it wasn't dialogue and the lunch was also for male characters. A review by Kelly is spot-on for how I felt: "no female author would ever get away with or have compared to Vonnegut, and likewise, no female main character would ever be seen as funny or honest for talking about her vagina, raging horniness, desire to have sex, and so forth in the same way Austin talks about his needs and desires." 
 I plan on re-reading it so I can have a better analysis haha. 
 TO BE UPDATED IN THE FUTURE