Read this out loud to my senior English students. Their general review was…boring, until I re-enacted several of the scenes to put them into perspective. I played all the roles and really dramatized/modernized the language. 
Is this a book I would have picked up on my own? No, but the rest of the teachers were using it as an intro to the short-story unit so I followed along. Was it good? …listen…it has a purpose. I’m not the right audience, and I know that. It is well written, if not briefly written, so I have to given credit there. The pacing is odd, but so is war, and the characters are flat, but that was the point. 
Just like my students, I feel conflicted.

Everytime she wrote about the Headspace App, I could see dollarsigns in front of her eyes. Which, granted, might not have been the case. Maybe she really is just a huge fan of the mental-health app.

Additionally, while her story is impactful and important, there was some part of her writing that was held back (at least as I was listening to the audiobook). There were sections where I was bored and I never felt connected enough to have an emotional change.

Perhaps this book just wasn’t for me!