I would like to start out by saying that I read the whole book in one setting because I felt like it all tied in together somehow. I will admit that it wasn't a typical writing style and at times not an easy read but after completing it I felt a sense of accomplishment and there were many things I enjoyed about the book. The first story I really liked was, "Batman's a Junkie and Gotham City's Fucked". I liked the whole story but especially the part that talks about his wondering why the girl wasn't in school listening to the teacher and learning about Pythagorus' theorem or maybe that was exactly why she wasn't there. I don't know why but that made sense to me. The next story I took a liking to was "'il faut". I liked the part about Hemmingway, although I'm not sure why. I found "This is Not a Love Song" to be a descent read but I didn't quite get the mannequin part. I mean I understood it but I don't know why he chose to use a mannequin. I liked the story, "Murder Your Darlings". There wasn't any part in particular just the story as a whole. My favorite story by far was, "Another Happy Monday". I liked the whole story from beginning to end but my favorite part was when he talks about,"a writer once said he saw suicide like a door in his head. The door was closed but if things got really bad you knew you could always walk through it.""He said it was comforting to think about the door." I really liked that part. The last story I liked was, "Sometimes NoWhere is the Only Place". I liked the image I got from reading this part, "There were plenty of empty seats in the carriage, but the boys heeded the filthy stares of the Respectable Commuters and tool their place on the dirty stairs, neither totally included or excluded from the tired majority comfortable on the blue vinyl trenches. A dirty grey no man's land of nowhere." Overall, I liked the book, although at times I felt a little challenged by the different writing style. I wouldn't read it more than once but I would recommend it to someone who was looking for a less than conventional read.