A couple months ago, I read a remarkable story by the name of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” and it, honestly, changed my whole look on life. Before I read this book, I was not truly enjoying life or the people in it. I put on a façade, pretending that I was truly happy with where I was in life when, really, I thought I had no reason to live. And then, one day, I came across a book in the store that immediately caught my eye. “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini was the book and I though “…huh… that’s different….and…ironic…I LIKE IT!” So by the time I finished the blurb of the book I was already at the checkout line with money in hand.

First off, the Mr. Vizzini sucked me into the story with the first sentence and I never came back out until several hours later. This is because the author’s way of writing is not a technique or a skill, but it’s just real… And that’s the best part… Ned Vizzini’s character, a sixteen year old boy named Craig, checks into a mental hospital after trying to kill himself and at the end of the book, you see that Ned checked into one, himself. This allowed me to truly relate because
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The story us told through the eyes of a teenager and
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The story is about how someone made their way out of the same dark place I was and found a reason to live. And finally
3.)
Craig is the average teen with trouble with school, stress, family, depression, and, of course, the opposite sex.

After finishing this book, I began to really see what a great life I had. That I had so much to do in life and so little time to do so…Soooooo, I had to get off my butt and stop sulking because I had a life to live. I would highly recommend this book to others (as I already have) because it can truly help others that are in that dark place I was and learn to love life… So, I think it’s time for you to write your story, but you can’t do that without actually living :).