I mean it got its point across, but I would argue maybe not in the best of ways. While I think that this book is tackling an extremely important topic regarding racism and the prevalence of it in everyday life; I also think that it failed to bring the story together in the most cohesive of ways.

There is a clear lack of where exactly this takes place and I don't know just how many times the reader needs to hear about how beyond poor one of the main characters is every other page. Also the use of social media only when super convenient (aka the last like 30%) really takes away from the story. In what world are high schoolers now not posting every single little thing happening within the halls of a high school?

Anyway, I have strayed from reading YA so maybe I'm just being too harsh. I mean I did finish this in one day so it obviously wasn't terrible.