20th century kids

From reading more and more of the Basketball Diaries by Jim Carrol it seems like the kids living in the 20th century seem more active than the kids of the 21st. I'm close to the end of the book so there isn't really much to say about it. I really like this book because it doesn't seem like there is a main conflict. By that.I mean the book is basically a journal from the point of view of a 15 year old on a basketball team in New York. I really like this about the book, because it seems to often that I read a book where the plot is easy to guess what will happen. But its different in this book like something new always happens in every chapter. I recommend that everyone reads it.