i just finished it today. it is the book of my lifetime. i am not okay. i will never forget it. i KNOW those people. jude, willem, jb, malcolm, harold. they are not just fictional characters in a book to me. they are people i cared about. people i didn't want to leave or move on from. i have no idea when i will pick up a book again, i never even want to. it won't be "a little life".