This is a difficult book to read, from a content perspective (this is s tragedy and there is a decent amount of graphic content) and from a cultural perspective - the latter of which makes this book important to read.

For me, the way the story is presented - in flashes of individual character's perspectives - didn't quite hit the way i was hoping. I found the perspective swapping somewhat distracting, and made it challenging for me to get into the book.

Well worth the read.