This was not what I expected getting into it, but I nonetheless thoroughly enjoyed it and found it hard to put down.

I kind of find it hard to put into words what it was that I liked about this book. I think a lot of it was down to the voice of our narrator, Daisy, a traumatised girl who has to navigate her best friend's and close family's trauma when it is so reminiscent of her own. Her perspective is both incredibly sad and very interesting. The prose itself is very impactful yet not obtuse. The way the book navigates the adoptive family dynamic is also very interesting and more realistic than most portrayals would be; it doesn't stray from the fact that Daisy is aware that she is different and that she will never quite be on the same level.

There is also some great casual enby and sapphic representation within this book. Though it isn't a main point of the plot, queernormative settings are always a bonus.