4.5/5 stars! 
 I went into this book completely blind. I didn't read the blurb, avoided online summaries, reviews, the whole shebang. 
 It hurt me. 
 It wasn't what I was expecting, but somehow so much more than anything I could have expected? His mother's illness and the emotional turmoil that accompanies it all hit very close to home. I was fine until the last thirty or so pages and then the waterworks started and... kind of didn't really stop. It was like slightly teary eyes one minute and then trying to stop myself from bawling the next. 
 I might come back to this tomorrow to try and put everything into words a little better. For now, though: a quick, beautiful read that made me cry.