3.75 stars (for being the 1st book to ever receive this rating from me since I always use 0.5 stars hah). On a serious note though, for the secondary character Dara who was my favourite with her complexity and flaws.

Otis was an engaging narrator and I enjoyed his poems here and there except for every single paragraph that he spent obsessing over his childhood love Meg. I couldn't stand his obsession with her when he fell in love with her at 13 and still pined for her when she came back suddenly into his life.

I thought maybe Meg would grow on me as the book progressed and that we were just made to dislike her at the beginning but that didn't happen for me.

Even after we discover how Mason dies and Meg reveals how she's seeing a therapist, I couldn't warm up to her when she had a boyfriend (he was pointless) and she kept subtly hinting to Otis that there was something between them. So, when she broke up with her boyfriend and then immediately made out with Otis, I felt absolutely nothing for them. So I was really happy that Otis ditched her to see Dara when she was in trouble.

I wish Otis spent more time with Dara and if this book was just the friendship between these two and their daily lives, I probably would have easily given this 5 stars. I liked how after Meg left and Otis was broken, Dara was there and helped heal him even if he didn't realize it. The moments where he helped her during her phantom limb moments were sweet. This title was perfect in the context and symbolism.