This is more than just a coming of age love story.  This is an exploration of what it is like to be in love regardless of your age or gender.  While most love stories do not appeal to men, I can say that guys have been enjoying this story.  In fact, it is not uncommon for couples to read this book together and to discuss the ideas, philosophies, and feelings brought up by the book.  I had one girl tell me that she was laughing at parts of the book and her boyfriend was wondering what she was laughing at.  She read him a passage, and then he started to try to read the book over her shoulder.  She told me how amazing this was because she was doing good if she could get her boyfriend to read anything other than Sports Illustrated.

How then do you describe a love story that is being seen as much more than a love story?  Guys who do not read want to read this with that special somebody in their life.  Guys who are divorced have read this and started crying as it made them remember what they once had in a relationship that is no more.  Without love Life has no meaning.