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Adding this solely because I'm happy as hell that I finally remembered it from 7th grade. 
This was a fun read from what I remember! Likeable characters and a lovely coming of age setting, dope :3

Got caught up in other reads. Some very graphic moments that discouraged picking back up a bit, but overall not a bad reading experience. Will give another shot another time. :)

Projected rating: ~3.5/5

I absolutely loved my time with this, but I did not dedicate myself to it like the book clearly demanded and it got lost amongst concurrent reads. Will give another shot another time, this was magnificent. :)

Projected rating: ~4.75-5/5

 (Read for uni)

Finally got around to some Kerouac, and I do plan to get around to the big one, On The Road. Like a lot of Kerouac this was written at a breakneck pace, in this instance under 2 weeks, and you can certainly tell, for better and for worse. When it's at its best, it's a gorgeous work of trying to find spiritual enlightenment and the self in a country which has seemingly wiped that side of life from function. At its worst it is nauseatingly aimless and full of itself. From what I'm told, On The Road suffers from this as well, and you definitely gotta take the bad with the good. The highs are definitely worth it in the long run, but this is likely not one I'll reread in the forseeable future. 

Ranma :)