This was a fun, fast read and I did enjoy the story. HOWEVER, the representation is very off putting since it isn't #ownvoices. The author did do his research but the story isn't the same because he is not a blind person. There are so may instances that I was like "wait, what?" mainly because the story felt super rushed and could've been longer and more fleshed out. Will gets surgery to fix his eye sight and the pace of his story just felt super unrealistic. There's NO WAY that if Will had gotten surgery to be able to see that he would automatically be able to recognize colors and learn colors all in one day when he's never seen colors ever before. His parents were weirdly overbearing and I didn't like how they treated Will after he got his surgery.

Overall, I felt that I did learn more about the POV of a blind person, but I would rather read an #ownvoices book.