5.0

I loved reading this book! It's graphic, but only in strangely-beautiful descriptive realism. Nothing is sugar-coated. I feel I have a better view of the banality of death and even trauma. We have to incorporate it into our view of how the world works. Sometimes the language bordered on flowery or indulgent (he is a writer-turned-medic, not a medic-turned-writer), but it was easy to get through and onto the satisfying moments.