I don't like these types of books. They're whiny and BLEH.

But THIS, this was amazing. This book hit me like [b:Breaking Beautiful|10914560|Breaking Beautiful|Jennifer Shaw Wolf|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1311740644s/10914560.jpg|15830837]. Not my type. Not my topic. But when I started reading it, I couldn't put it down.

One reason I don't like these books is because of the fake-ness. They talk about a life topic, like cancer or death, but really, the MC spends the whole story hating on everyone and everything and life and you just want to tell them to shut up and get a life. Really. Not this book!

It was genuine. You know how often those kind of books come around? Not often. When Al had to "share" Sam, we didn't hear any of that complaining like, "OMG, I can't believe this is happening to me, my life sucks" or "I'm such a good friend so i guess he can be hers... But i can still bitch about it..." or anything, Al truly cared about her dying friend. It just struck something in me.

I loved Applegate's writing style and her ideas that just made sense. She knows how to write - and that's hard to come across.