This one was a tough read. I loved where it ended up, but I did get a bit bogged down by the intense thoughts and negative memories throughout; I think I was looking for a few more moments of levity to break them up. It very much took me back to those preteen years of friendship troubles that made the world feel like it was crashing down, and I almost found it too much to bear at times. Still, Ali Benjamin did a great job of tapping into that tween psyche (and one that I interpreted as neurodivergent). It reminds me of books like The Line Tender and We Are Okay in its incisive capturing of grief.