This is a really powerful book, and I really appreciated what it had to say. It was written with so much heart and awareness. And for the most part it was really good, but there were a few things that took me out of the power of the story.
 
One was that throughout the whole book I had no idea what the difference was between Benji and Bobo - they were the same person in my head. And this was a wider issue of the book - there are so many characters, and I didn't ever feel like I had a grasp of who everyone was. After they were initially introduced, there was almost no differentiation for a lot of them, and they just kinda merged into a blob of a background character in my head. For a long time I thought that Kevin was Peter's kid. 
 
I believe largely because of this above point, the ending felt off to me. Going through each character and finishing off their stories didn't have much weight, because I didn't have a grasp of who half of them were. It felt rushed and anticlimactic in a way. 
 
Also, Maya becoming a

world famous musician

was so bloody cheesy. The least authentic feeling part of the whole book.  

Though I has a pretty 'good' time reading this, I don't think I'll continue with the series. A standalone was enough for me.