This book for me, was about people trying so hard to live. Someone with immense trauma breaking down their boundaries in the hopes he/ it will be worth it. And the people around him overlooking how damaged he is in an attempt to take him as he was without his demons. 

Following the characters through the span of their lifetime meant I grew really attached. 

It is definitely a book you can't just pick up and read at any time, I've never read such graphic depictions of abuse and self harm. By the end I wanted it to end. in other art forms I've seen the themes this book lays bare, alluded to. But in a way I think it's important that this book is so graphic because it gives space to what is often glanced over, and that can only form shame. It's not for everyone, take the trigger warnings very seriously. 

Some may shout at some of the characters asking why they didn't do more but for me, what makes this book so human is trying to understand why they took the approaches that they did.