I wish I could give this 3 1/2 stars. At times, I could definitely tell it was written by a counselor, but overall pretty good. I think this was the first time I'd read about book about an abused, cis-gendered, straight boy (in comparsion to my high school- although really always- obsession with reading about girls/queers dealing with abuse, rape, drugs, etc.). I could relate to Diego, especially as someone who use to cut. It still always pisses me off when people demand that other stop self harm (lack of control leads to such behavior, telling someone that they can't do it again is counter productive)- and I felt like Vidas, the probation officer, should have known better then to have said that (considering his actions in the book)- but I did think the dicussions that happened after Diego cut again were good. Some of the actions/writing seemed a little forced, but overall good.