"Apocalyptic wanking."
I liked the book. His use of language was quite charming. One thing that stuck out to me was how quickly we moved from him being a young kid to an old man. I've experienced this in my life and i'm only thirty, next thing i know i'll look up and i'll be 60 too. His relationship with Veronica reminded me of several relationships I've had, getting to see somebody else suffer was oddly enjoyable lol.
One concept I enjoyed was the thought that as you get old you have less and less people to corroborate your memories. So often i forget fun experiences with friends I've had that i only remember if I am reminded by a friend. As I get older this will certainly get worse and that's a bit of an existential crisis I guess. I've always wanted to be the type that journals. It will never happen but i got to thinking about how social media is filling that role for me. But kind of like memory I only post the things that I believe make me look good, cool, or clever.
at any rate I really liked this book a lot, it came at an appropriate time in my life and look forward to reading it again when I am older.