I understand why everyone loves this book so much, but unfortunately, it didn't do much for me. This is my first book by the author, and I think he's an extremely talented writer. Very descriptive scenery, and beautiful prose. The first third of the book was really intriguing, but I quickly started losing interest. I read via audiobook at 2.5x speed, and the narrator is great, but I don't believe that format is the best way to read this book. There are so many characters being introduced constantly, and so many moving parts that over audio, it was really hard to keep track. None of the characters introduced after the first third were memorable, and they all had some vague connection with some other character that was barely in the book as well. I honestly couldn't tell you what happened in the last half of the book because of that reason lol. I was constantly rewinding the audio in hopes of trying to remember what connection the current random side character had to the plot, but I really just couldn't. The motivation for a few of the key players aren't explained by the end. I felt very sad for Darlene, and I really did not like or understand the reasoning behind the plot line with Kellie. It didn't add anything to the story, other than make Titus less likeable. I really dislike in stories when a male character has a great supportive gf but is more interested in the "wildcard" woman.....This book also did not need to be as long as it was. I will try other books by this author, and definitely via ebook rather than audio lol. If the plot synopsis intrigues you, I would say go for it and try it. If you start losing interest, I don't think there's anything that happens later in the story that will change your mind. I also am just not a fan of cops so….The author had some good commentary on the way missing black children are treated, along with other views regarding racism towards black people in America and religion in black communities. I really enjoyed the authors writing, and I can see myself liking a different one of his books. He is great at writing inner monologue as well.