You know that feeling when you desperately want to hate a book yet, no, you like it. With all of its cliches and deep thoughts and flaws. That's how I felt about this book. There was this certain depth to the story, a story which I thought was just another teenage angsty story, but nope. I loved how this tackled depression, however not so deep into the premise as I would have like to. But I can see how the author was really trying hard to convey to the reader on how it is like being depressed. And honestly, Taylor did quite a nice job. It was a little vague, but it did the trick. 
 This book has a personal ring to me because I myself has been in the depression path before. And mind you, it's harder than telling a person to "Cheer up!" or "Come on now don't be such a pessimist!". I wanted to give this a 2.5 rating from the start. Mainly because I felt the portrayal of a Christian was sooo wrong. I'm a Christian. I grew up around Christians. Almost all my friends are Christians yet I have never known a person act so like her mother. ANYWAY. I'm sure it was all for the sake of the story. :) 
 I gave this a 4-star rating because (I really don't know why I'm embarrassed to say this it doesn't make sense!) I actually enjoyed it. I thought it was just another tale of feeling-special-snowflakes-oh-I'm-above-everyone-else type of teenagers but no, this has a different tone to it. I do wish the author shed a light on Carla's pregnancy because it is a subject I'm really fascinated in. (Read: it's actually the topic of my undergraduate thesis :P) I also spotted some grammatical errors but nothing that can't be fixed by the time it rolls to the market. 
 EDIT: All my other thoughts are here. :P 
 I want to thank the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group to have given me the chance to read an advanced reader copy through Netgalley.