Man Nerf knows what they're doing. Basically the whole N-Strike line is amazing, and this one is my "go to" gun for office Nerf battles. We have a ton of other Nerf guns, but this one is just the perfect combination of size and power. And POWER it has. Like the "noisy cricket" (aka 

My wife is reading this book of essays aloud to me because I am visually impaired. We haven't read all of the essays yet, but thought the introduction by Cheryl Strayed enhanced interest.