After having read more than half of the novel

Almost over

Well now that I read more than half of the novel, I can say that I like the book. I don't really now why but they way it's writting it's just honest . I just finished reading the 18 chapter.By now Sam and Alicia somehow got together again. Sam's not in love with Alicia, at least not the same way he was when he first met her, but he tries to do the right things. They talked to their parents and the school about the pregnancy . They also went to the first scan and did all the preparation like going to classes .

Which at first didn't go well because in the class Alicia's mom picked out for them were only older people. They never went there again but Sam's mom found one that was more in their age group. So everything turned out 'OK' . Sam also got whizzed in the future again , but this time 'Roof' was about a year old and he had a little sister called 'Emily'. This time everything wasn't that confusing for Sam. He was even a little bit happy to see his son . Just like the last time , the next he woke up in the present again. A few days later Rufus aka 'Roof' was born and Sam moved into Alicia's house.Everything happend the way he saw it in the future , he still didn't love Alicia but he liked her enough to live with her. He even loved Roof and he stopped worrying about the future . They lived that way a couple of weeks and argued almost every day about nothing. Sam moved out after a meeting with his dad. He lives now with his pregnant mom and her boyfriend Mark but he still visits his son . He's also scared about losing the contact to his son sooner or later. He still argues with Alicia a lot but they always reconcile.

So here we are, with only one chapter left. I'm quite pleased how everything turned out. Sam really changed his behavior. He's no longer worrying about everything and he also cares more about Alicia. He'd grown up in the past year. I don't really know why,but I can understand him more now. In the first few chapters Sam's thoughts and actions were confusing but by now most of them (!) make some sense. I mean there's no way you can be prepared for something like that. And as a teenager it's even worse. So he just had to go to Hastings , he just had to move into and out of Alicia's house. And I'm even not as much disturbed about the time travel as before. Ok , it's still a bit odd, but I was surprised that everything he 'dreamed' actually happened. So whatever it was, Sam isn't insane. Not completely.There are a few questions I'd like to ask Nick Hornby:

• Why did he choose Tony Hawk as an adviser ?
  
• Why is it skateboarding and not football or basketball?
• What is it about Tony Hawk that made you curious?

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