Intrigued

This novel has began making me think about things I have never thought about, and made me try and figure out things I'd never think I'd want to figure out. But my new favorite thing about this story is Jacobs love towards Jess and hatred towards her boyfriend. He lists off reasons such as he makes her cry sometimes,she has bruises on her legs (and thinks they are from him), he calls Jacob retarded, and he ignores him whenever he sees him. Jacob's crush on Jess is unrealistic but he loves the thought of it. To him it'd make him feel "normal" and appear "normal". As I've been reading I've noticed parts where Jacob does not mind his syndrome and then other times were it seems as if all he wants to do is be "normal".