Ninth grader Craig Gilner is at his wit’s end. It all started in eighth grade when he studied day and night working on getting accepted to Manhattan‘s Executive Pre-Professional High School. This high school was supposed to be his ticket to getting a good job and succeeding in life. Now that he is in ninth grade, he feels like his life is slipping away. He has trouble eating anything more than yogurt and mostly does not sleep. So one night he checks himself into the emergency room because he is considering committing suicide.
It is in the mental hospital that he enters after the emergency room that Craig begins to accept himself as he is. This is also where many of the funniest parts of the book happen. It’s Kind of a Funny Story is more upbeat than Julie Halpern’s Get Well Soon. And while both It’s Kind of a Funny Story and Thirteen Reason’s Why are both about teen depression, Funny Story is focused on recovery and less about the past.
I found this books to be a funny and even though it is long at 444 pages, it is a very fast read.
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Great Review! I've read 13 Reasons Why as well, and even though I loved it - I like that It's Kind of a Funny Story is so light hearted. But, I think both books are trying to do different things...
Here's a really interesting Ned Vizzini interview http://figment.com/blog/. It's always cool to see what authors think about their own work.
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