Questions

             The end of part one leaves me with a lot of questions.  Where is Tony’s life going to go next?  What is the significance behind him recalling his memories?  Why did Adrian kill himself?  I keep asking myself these questions and I hope they are answered in part two.  I still really like this book because I find it interesting to read.  I love the way that Tony narrates it.  He has this sarcastic funny tone and it is funny to hear his opinions on different things.  I also find it relatable because these are kids our age, graduating high school and then going to college.  It’s interesting to read what guys this age think about.

            One part that reminded me of teens around this age is when Tony and Veronica have sex.  They had just broken up so it meant nothing but they still did it.  Did Veronica do it to get back together with Tony?  Why did Tony officially end things with Veronica after they finally did it?  Tony is a jerk and right after they have sex he “came to a decision and a conclusion: No, it went, no,” (page 40).  This was a funny scene because we could tell that Tony was not experienced with any of this and it was funny to see how he handled it all.

            The part that I was not expecting at all was when Tony read the letter that said, “Adrian died.  He killed himself,” (page 51).  This was so unexpected because not only had we not heard about Adrian for a while in the book, but also he never seemed like the type of guy to do something like that.  When Robson died when they were back in high school, Adrian had an explanation for it and on suicide.  He always just seemed to understand life more than the others, so out of the four friends I did not expect this to happen to him.  I really want to know what happened to him.  Maybe Tony’s mother is right and “he was too clever,” (page 56).  I hope Tony brings this up later in his story and tells us why he did it.  However, Tony doesn’t even know why so maybe we will never find out.