Butter Final Blog

I finished reading Butter and I found it to be a unique book. It was very easy for me to read and it tied up all the loose ends very nicely. Although the book had a sad ending, I was happy to find closure. I was concerned that the author would not explain whether Butter killed himself or decided to keep his life. As the outcome was described I was a little shocked because I thought that he was going to keep his life. As the book progressed, I started to get annoyed with Butter. At first, he was humorous and just a nicer human being, but later on he become obsessed with how many people were checking his suicide page. He didn't seem like he wanted to kill himself, but I think he felt forced into it. I couldn't imagine him being happy after New Years if he decided to keep his life. His so-called friends would have left him and he would have once again been lonely. The entire book I was confused as to why Butter's caring mom kept feeding him so much food. She really cared about Butter but did not even try to fix his weight issues. Could that have been a coping mechanism for herself? All in all, I felt bad for Butter's mom when he killed himself, she must have been heartbroken. The book wrapped up in a weird fashion…with Butter talking to Anna. It made me really uncomfortable. Why would Butter want to kill himself if the girl of his dreams was still on Earth? That got me frustrated. Butter always raved about Anna, but didn't do anything about it. So even though it may seem like I hated the book, I really enjoyed the humor and the ability to relate. It had a real high school like atmosphere to the book, but it only pointed out the negatives. People in this world are better then that and would have alerted the authorities.  This book is one that people should read, but isn't one that is going to win any prizes.