Two teenagers, strangers to each other, have decided to jump from the same bridge at the same time. Aaron and Tillie don't know each other, but they are both feeling suicidal, and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is -- only that she will never be good enough. On the bridge, there are four things that could happen: Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't. Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't. They both jump. Neither of them jumps.
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I'm not giving this a rating because I just feel like it's not really fair. I've never struggled with depression or thoughts of suicide, so it just feels odd to me to give a rating to a book that's so much filled with the experiences of someone who was actually suicidal and depressed.
I love Bill Konigsberg. I've read three of his books previously and loved them all. This was no exception. I look forward to reading his backlist and whatever he puts out in the future. He's an auto-read author for me.
There were so many powerful scenes in this. The scene where Aaron texts his dad and tells him he doesn't want to die. WOW. I wish I had taken more notes because there was a lot to be moved by in here. I liked the way the timelines kind of met up. Like how things happened in one timeline, but then also sort of happened in the other timelines. It was all just woven really well together.
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