I enjoyed this. It got a tad long and the writing itself was too dramatic a few times, but I enjoyed seeing a well-researched snapshot into the 80s/90s AIDS epidemic - makes me want to learn more which the author even mentioned in her acknowledgements was her hope.

2015-version of Fiona bothered me a bit but I think her character development tied together ok in the end. I liked how she is the common character across all the sub-plots. Charlie bugged me, I mostly liked Yale, and did not like Roman. Overall, the author did a great job writing imperfect characters who are just trying to find stability amidst chaos, and figure out who they are.
I also liked how there is not a "traditional" nuclear family throughout the entire book, but yet we see the essence of the importance of family, friendship, and community - and how those are the core of our common humanity.

As I always write to remind myself later: my favorite themes from the book were that of abandonment, living & dying, love, non traditional family, gay rights and human rights.