I made the mistake of reading the reviews for this book after I was 60% of the way through and it soured the book and how I viewed it. I enjoyed the writing, although i felt it dragged in the middle and then within the last 50 pages through in a bunch of intense scenes to make up for the middle. Overall I agree with the sentiment that the author should not have written this and let a more authentic voice tell the story, because it definitely needs to be told.