The book’s greatest strength is Bobby’s voice. It is unflinching. The author (or the character, as the line seems blurred) possesses a self-awareness that prevents the narrative from becoming a gratuitous "trauma dump." Instead, the prose is sharp, often funny in a gallows-humor sort of way, and surprisingly poetic. There were moments where I found myself laughing at a situation that should have been tragic—a testament to the writer's ability to find the absurdity in rock bottom.
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