Changing my rating to 3 stars because I'm feeling lukewarm about it now that I'm done. Still a good book, but not as impactful as it could be.

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This is certainly a book I'll have to sit with for awhile. I can't decide if the ending was hopeful or depressing, but maybe that's the point; we're supposed to sit with it and decide for ourselves whether the end was right for them or not. It's not whether the ending was right for us, it's whether the ending was right for them, coming from a place with much less privilege.

I definitely recommend this novel, especially for fans of Little Fires Everywhere which has similar suburban drama feelings as well as social and political commentary.

-Book Hugger