<div>i really didn't think this would be 5 stars when i finished it, but it's five stars, because i thought about it and was like. fuck. fuck. the symbolism is just perfect.<br><br>one of the most poignant things i want to point out, is that <spoiler>every single time something happened to them that threw them violently into the realization that they were becoming adults, that they were no longer kids, one less person was at the playground. A PLAYGROUND! ARE YOU KIDDING ME.</spoiler> the wanderer by dion was such a perfect song to directly reference too as inspiration for the gang if you look at the lyrics of it...<br><br>i need to like fully write out my thoughts about this book somewhere because it was just. too good. like i feel like i need to read it again in the future, and i rarely reread books.<br><br>it was disgusting by the way. insanely perverse. gross. and unbelievably racist. i was keeping track of the number of n words i saw in the book: 34. + a bunch of other racial slurs.</div>
