All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Overall a pretty quick slice-of-life read as the writing flowed and had a simple style.

This book covered the expanse of about 15 years, from when Wavy was 8 to 21 years old. The story was the best part of the whole book because it followed all of the characters that interacted with Wavy or Kellen and their perceptions of the characters' unusual budding love story. I usually have to like the characters to some capacity in order to really enjoy a book, and for the most part I did, but I didn't connect to them all that much in this book. A lot of them seemed very two-dimensional and their backgrounds seemed very good-on-paper but not realistic. The writing, as I mentioned, was simple, and while not my favorite, it did allow for a relatively fast read. The story itself kept me interested because it unraveled over a longer time-period than we see in most books and provided a good backdrop to Wavy and Kellen's love story.