It was a pretty fast read. I enjoyed the storyline and the progression through the book. It was interesting and enlightening for me to explore the issue of race in the setting of St. Louis.

I think this quote sums the book up pretty well: "The news reports were caricatures- information and images manipulated to support the political priorities of either the Left or the Right. I felt the humanity fade in the numbers and the conflict."

Regardless of where you fall on the political scale or the social issue in general, I think we all need the reminder to not let the humanity fade, that people are valuable and important and are not just statistics.