While well known as one of the common books you gotta read for some sort of high school English class, I actually was initially introduced to this book through my sister who said I might like it. After reading, I realized I'd read one of my new favorite books. A long time ago, a time before October 5th 2024, I'd just read really quickly with no intention of rereading anything and so I read a lot of stuff without fully comprehending it. What drove me to begin doing these every-word reads was primarily just my desire to really understand and completely love this book for everything it had to offer. So shoutout this book, I guess. As for the actual thing, it's really really good. Just with the language used, it's actually a surprisingly tough read, albeit nothing super challenging. They talk a lot about drugs and that I think is pretty cool. Great book. I love dystopians so this means nothing of course. The thing John does at the end (if you know, you know) and his final speech are probably my favorite part of the entire book as well as one of my favorite literary passages ever. Really peak.