Some parts of this were laugh-out-loud hilarious, I legitimately put this book down to laugh for periods of time. I extremely enjoyed the main character's narration of the environment and characters. He was humorous and reached an almost childlike purity of observations. I would love to read an entirely humorous book from the perspective of this narrator. 
 Those things aside, I felt unfulfilled by this book based on the second half of it. On the one hand, I appreciated the narrator's honesty and frankness. I also like that he was introspective and knew where this book "technically" should go in order to evoke the expected response from the reader. 
 Yet, his self-deprecating attitude and overall nihilistic approach I did not personally like, which is why the second half of the book didn't touch me emotionally as much as I've heard it does for other people. 
 I did cry though, which is a positive sign. Ultimately though, I didn't favor this book. 
 I would still highly recommend it.