This was a fast and fun listen on audiobook. The narration is great, and the author is relatable. I feel as though many of my students will be able to relate to Mr. Sundquist.

I requested this book years ago, and am no longer interested in reading. Thank you for the opportunity.

3.5 stars — I definitely laughed out loud, and even groaned on more than one occasion.

Josh does a pretty good job of narrating the book himself, which makes sense since he’s a motivational speaker…it would likely give him a leg up. Pun unintended, but still funny.

I definitely enjoyed his earlier stories, and it totally brought back some of those insecurities of middle and high school. I could definitely see the mistakes he was making, but they made sense for that stage of life. I think it got a bit harder to witness his awkwardness come college. I had a harder time in the “Lily” section, especially with the Stella thing. He did eventually get the point, and honestly it all felt very true…but…I don’t know, something felt not as nice about it. Which I guess was the point in some ways. He was still awaiting his epiphany.

While the Christianity was by no means in your face, it’s obviously a factor in his life. I think it’s still accessible to anyone though.

I appreciated all that I learned about his disability, and how it affected his day to day. But I really appreciated seeing him learn how it had affected him in unintended ways.

Basically, I genuinely became worried he wasn’t going to understand his own behaviors, but he did. I’m just not sure he saw all of what I wanted him to see. Which probably doesn’t make sense, and really is more about me than him.

I got accepted to review this book years ago, but unfortunately never got around to reading it. Apologies for this.

I was in for a humorous story, and maybe my sense of humour is off, but I didn't fall for this story as I hoped. I leaned more on the embarrassment side, though I was aiming for amusement - Josh did seem like an ok character, but a bit underdeveloped and quite awkward.

This book was okay. It wasn't great and it wasn't horrible, it just was. It read as a biography, which is not what I was expecting. Basically John goes from one girl to another girl throughout the whole book. It became repetitive.

I found this novel very enjoyable. The writing style was very good and I resonated with the characters. The plot was exciting and very easy to read.