I really loved this book and I think it would be a great addition to any and everyone's library. Angie Thomas's narrative doesn't just paint a picture of one aspect of black life in America, but several. While this book certainly lends itself to the concept of the BLM movement, it goes beyond what most people think of when they hear "Black Lives Matter". She not only tells the story of a young boy senselessly killed by the police and the aftermath it causes in the main character Starr's life, but she hits on the many microaggressions that we deal with on a daily basis, the difficulty of blending two different worlds, and the struggles so many African-Americans deal with in their every day life including self-esteem, gang life, living in impoverished neighborhoods, drugs, abuse, neglect, etc. I keep saying this but it's so true: This book was so real that it hurts.