Fiction. The stories in John Green’s collection are wild, unpredictable, frequently hysterically funny, and deeply original…. These stories dance on the edge of allegory–they hint at metaphors and multiple meanings, though thanks to Green’s skill, they do so casually and without fuss…. His metafictional approach allows Green to think, through highly entertaining, deftly-written narratives, about very serious matters…. Green is onto something big here –Askold Melnyczuk.