So I finally read this after people recommending it since the movie was released. I wanted to love it! It is such an important story but the book was a disappointment. First it is very dry and reads almost like a textbook. Just straightforward recounting of events with little else. The book bounces between the stories of a few different characters but as their stories are intertwined and very similar, it can be easy to lose track or who is being discuss. It also is not linear, bouncing between the different time periods in their lives regularly.