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4.49 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First 200 pages were great, last 100 pages were great, the 260 in the middle were painful. I feel like this book had a lot to say but I don’t know that it went about any of it very effectively.
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think I wanted to like this more than I did. I haven't read much about the opioid crisis, but even so this plot felt heavy with cliche. It left me feeling deeply sad and pessimistic, making this a worthy read but not one easy to recommend or tout as a favorite of the year. 
 
My favorite thing about reading diverse fiction is it helps build empathy and understanding for lives and stories different from our own, and that element worked beautifully for me here.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ya know what? I thought I was going to like it. But it was just way too long. Unnecessarily.