"Lanky tells the story of Aaron’s first love. We follow a group of young punk rockers, most of whom are children of professors, living, partying, becoming friends, separating, and coming of age in Berkeley. Aaron and Lanky fall in love and have a relationship in this atmosphere. In some senses, it’s a classic love story, but the characters are original and interesting enough, and the setting is different enough to make you forget the classic elements of the story and just read along. I found myself feeling completely drawn into this world, and, perhaps because the narrator loved his characters so much, I became attached to the people in the book. I wanted to get to know them better, to hear more of their dialogue, to see more of their actions, to get out of the narrator’s head a little and meet the characters more directly, but Aaron keeps them at arms length. He’s very protective of his characters. You get the sense that he’s saying, “These characters are my friends. You can tag along and watch what we do, but you can’t be a part of us.” This is a strange attitude for a writer to take." - http://www.razorcake.org/punk-book-reviews/lanky-aaron-cometbus-paperback-90-pgs