CW: suicide, drug addiction, death of parents, abortion, sexual assault, drug overdose, depression, child neglect, child removal from social services, extramarital affair

Well that was relentlessly sad and heavy.

I would recommend looking at the content warnings before reading this. A sense of hopelessness bleeds through nearly every page for the majority of the book. To be honest, I think it could have done with an edit to reduce the length as there were a few times I wanted to stop reading because it was such a depressing cycle of self destruction. It is for this reason that I didn't enjoy the book, but I appreciated it for the powerful exploration of grief that it was. ( )

This was a very emotional read. If you listen to the audio, there are some very sobering parts. The narrator did a great job of matching the tone of the story.

This is not going to be a read for the light of heart. It is a story around loss, grief, and picking up the pieces. Triggers for loss, addiction, abortions, and mental health including suicide (and more). It touches on Foster Care/adoption as well. It is a great story to see how addiction effects the whole family.

This was a little too long. I think I would have bumped it up a star if some of the fluff was cut out. Some parts moved very slowly and focused too much on space and science stuff. I found myself skimming through May’s sections.

Overall, a heavy read that was pretty good. ( )