Mmf. The bleakness was awesome. The plot kind of meanders a bit, and I really wasn't sure what it was about or why we're given these sets of characters until the end which was pretty damn satisfying. It's an epic, somber character study. The skeleton of which you'd be able to see in Station Eleven, which is also why I picked it up, b/c SE's author cited this book's nonchalant way of narrating tragic, traumatic events in the characters' lives.

I'M ALMOST DONE AND MY ANXIETY MAY PREVENT ME FROM FINISHING WITH SANITY

Got this audiobook yesterday. Whew. Finishing in record timing.

THIS BOOK IS KILLING ME SOFTLY AND I NEED IT ADAPTED INTO ANOTHER FORM OF MEDIA IMMEDIATELY PLEASE!

I actually fell in love with listening to it because the narrator was so good. And thank the gods he kept reading because at some parts I thought it got definitely cringe-worthy but - pun intended - he and Rainbow carried on. I wanted to just treat this book as just a quick paperback you toss and never look back on but damned if these characters aren't the most infectious creations I've read in YA.