It's Kind Of A Funny Story

"It's so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself," Ned Vizzini's It's Kind Of A Funny Story is a mind boggling teen book based on real events that happened to the author. Craig, the main character, lives in New York and like all teenasgers, he struggles to balance his school life with his social life. But this is very difficult for him. Unlike his peers, Craig attends the most prestigious high school in New York.

He finds the competition with other students to be too rigorous for him to handle. The fact that he isn't the top student leads him in a critical and depressed state. With no one to turn tp, Craig decides that jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge would free him from his misery, but right before killing himself he hesitates and decides to call 1-800-SUICIDE. The anonymous suicide counsleradvises craig to have the ambulance to pick him up and send him to a psychiartric facility. Ther we see Craig transform from an up-tight worry-wart to a carefree, easygoing individual.

I like this book because it related to me and how I felt about school. Also it teaches you that happiness is right around the corner even if you were not looking for it. I would recommend any adolescent to read this book. It's very relatable and has many funny anecdotes to lighten up the storyline so that it's not all serious. I give it 5 stars out of 5.

(written by Anna)