He is easily relatable, even (or especially) when he’s being obnoxious to his doctors and his fellow patience. Jeff’s character was truly done brilliantly. It’s not unusual at all and that’s what makes it so special.
It’s just a story about a boy that could easily be your next door neighbor or your second cousin. There are no heroes, no villains, no Big Drama whatsoever. This diary-like narrative is one of the most honest things I’ve ever read.
Jeff’s story is heartwarming and poignant, but it’s also simple and laugh-out-loud funny. According to him, his parents and the doctor made a mistake and he shouldn’t be locked up with the crazies. He absolutely refuses to acknowledge that he has a problem and he is determined not to talk about his reasons for cutting his wrists open.
Jeff handles his situation with lots of denial wrapped in good humor. Finding their son almost bloodless in a bathtub isn’t something they particularly want to relive, and if the psych ward is what it takes to keep him alive, that’s where he’ll stay for as long as it takes. He doesn’t want to and he’s determined not to cooperate, but his stay isn’t optional and his parents refuse to take him home. (Oct.After an attempted suicide, Jeff wakes up in a psychiatric ward where he is forced to spend the next 45 days. That Jeff's recovery depends on realizing and accepting that he's gay isn't explicit until the novel is almost over, that this novel goes beyond gay issues to address broader questions of identity is clear all along. ) own strengths emerge: his characterizations run deep, and without too much contrivance the teens' interactions slowly dislodge clues about what triggered Jeff's suicide attempt. But as Jeff begins to form relationships with these teens, Ford's ( Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me Katzrupus (Jeff refers to him as “Cat Poop”) and holding himself aloof from the four other patients. Readers might need patience as Jeff, the protagonist, goes through a period of denial, delivering sarcastic answers to his shrink, Dr. Regaining consciousness after an aborted suicide attempt, the 15-year-old narrator thinks his parents have “overreacted” by placing him in a 45-day program in the “nuthouse” (“you know, where they keep the people who have sixteen imaginary friends living in their heads”). Teens in a psych ward populate a novel that overcomes a predictable beginning to make a powerful emotional impact.
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