I almost didn't finish this book.

I had a hard time getting into it and I had to constantly retrace what I read because it felt like something had been left out of the narrative.

But as soon as Nate met Walter, the story picked up and I had a hard time putting the book down.

I did get annoyed at how often the author referred to Walter as being 'childlike' or his actions as being so. Made his character not as fully fleshed as he could have been. We got to know Nate real well and I really wish that Walter was more.

I loved how we got some 'flash forwards' to see what became of the characters. And I expected the ending to be sad and managed to keep my eyes dry until the last couple of paragraphs. Hurts