The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a book by Patrick Ness about a group of friends. They live in a magical world. Unfortunately, they are not the people who get to saving of the world, they just get to, well, be there. They spend most of their time trying to get through High School. They are pretty normal even if one of them is a 1/4 god.
Mickey is just a regular guy who's sister almost killed herself and he had serious OCD. All he wants is to graduate and maybe get up enough courage to ask out his not so secret crush, Henna. Who happens to be his sisters' best friend. Maybe there are worse things than not being the hero and not always fearing for your life.
Other important characters:
Jared: Mickey's gentle giant best friend who is part god.
Nathan: A boy who Henna thinks is cute and Mickey hates.
Mel: Mickey's sister with anorexia.
I would give this book 3 chickens. I think it had good plot and characters, but the characters were under developed and the book lacked the rich detail I wanted.
Important themes readers should know about are: violence and romance.
If you want a different book like this to read you should consider Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews or The Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan.
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