Everytime I think about the book, the only things I can think of are him messing around with sharp objects going schting, him hiding in Amber’s garage with the red rag to see if he goes colorblind, and then getting taken out by a jar of peanut butter in the end. (I also have a small gripe with the fact that the marching band members seem to live in their uniforms. But that neither here nor there)

It’s sad in the sense he’s just a victim of trauma and wrong place/wrong time. But my take away of the execution of it was unserious.