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It's Kind Of A Funny Story By Nd Vizzini

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Title: It’s Kind of A Funny Story Author: Ned Vizzini, no I haven’t read any other books by this author but I would like to in the future. Type of Book: Fiction. People who like comedies and romance would like this book. I also think that people with problems similar to Craig’s would like this book a lot. Being able to relate to a book about a serious topic and still being able to laugh is pretty cool. The book is up front about real problems kids face but it is still a good story with humor. Characters: Craig who is the main character has depression, it gets worse because of his smart high school. The people who had the biggest impact on Craig are; Noelle, Bobby and Humble. Outside of the hospital Craig’s family is very supportive of him and want to do all they can do to help Craig get better. His best friends Aaron and Nia on the other hand are not so supportive, in fact they are probably part of why he is depressed and they don’t even know it. Main Ideas (theme): The main idea of the book is that, sometimes life sucks. Things are going to get hard and you are going to have to decide …show more content…

This book really helps other see that you don’t always know what’s going on in other people’s lives. Craig’s best friend didn’t even know he was depressed and kind of treated him terribly. People always say to treat everyone with kindness because you never know what they’re going through but how often do they live up to that? Speaking up about problems you know you have can be really hard to do but doing it and knowing people care helps a whole lot more than you would think. In this book there are great examples of that. Before telling someone to read this book I would tell them it’s a little bit of an emotional rollercoaster with lots of jokes included. I would talk to the person about what their feelings were while reading the book and who their favorite and least favorite characters were and

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