I'm sitting here reeling after finishing this book. There's so much I want to say and yet I don't think I have the right words.

An absolutely incredible work of dystopian fiction that is hauntingly rooted in the current reality of both the prison industrial complex and the American legal system. While at times the primary themes are overtly stated and heavy handed, the commentary through action and character exploration races to meet it in kind. Supported by footnotes of pointed evidence, the novel offers a (deservedly) scathing critique of the general public's tendency to view black and brown lives as less than and offer them up as spectacle.
 
Still grappling with the fact that no matter how strong the feeling of abhorrence towards the fictional CAPE system you walk away with, you - as the reader - are embodying the general public in the novel: watching the bloodshed and death without turning away. 

Masterful.