"There is a way to be good again."

A book you can easily lose yourself in. Poetic yet candid story about friendship, transgressions, guilt and love. Author creates beautiful imagery and scenes in your mind.

I believe on a deeper level we can all relate to the main character in the story, because doing things that we are not proud of is unfortunately part of what makes our humanity. Luckily, the book shows us that there is a way to redemption.

This was great for me -- I learnt so much about myself as an introvert / pseudo-extrovert, and also received advice on how to navigate my surroundings and social life as one.

This is invaluable for extroverts too, to gain insights about the introverts in their life and how best to interact with them, but of course not everything mentioned is going to be applicable to everyone.

It did get a little draggy in the middle, but overall I liked it.

"To the east, the full light of day beamed toward you; to the west, night reigned with no hint of surrender."

Beautifully written. Given author's unique background, he draws references from great literary works as easily as he describes a dissection in colorful detail. Sadly, however, the writing takes a dip toward the end and the book comes to an somewhat abrupt end due to the circumstances that took place.

"It turns out that a shy person can act like someone else more easily than he can act like himself. That makes some sense because shyness is caused by an internal feeling that you are not worthy to be in the conversation. Acting like someone else gets you out of that way of thinking."

Full of unassuming wisdom that really strikes a chord and makes a lot of sense to me. He writes in a simple straightforward manner with wit and humor.