This is a strange book narrated by Sunny, a young woman sitting by the bedside of her oldest friend Charlie who has suffered a traumatic brain injury and no one knows if he will live or die.

Told from Sunny’s viewpoint in a series of flashbacks I got the idea that Charlie was not who he thought he was; that rather than being delightful and independent, he was someone who used people until their friendship dissolved. Maybe he was on the autism spectrum. Regardless, I did not find him or most of the other characters very likable, but I think perhaps this was the author’s intent. Nonetheless, I found the book hard to put down as I followed the threads that unraveled the story.

I received this book as an ARC for from the publisher and NetGalley.

To start, I would love to thank Netgalley and Sofia Pires Baquedano for sending me a copy of this ARC.

This book was nothing short of a masterpiece—beautifully written, painful, and was tugging on my heartstrings at 3 in the morning.

My official rating for this is 5 ⭐️. Nothing less. This book definitely had everything I was looking for in it, especially with the diverse character selection. I also love how this book was really thought-provoking and as for someone who gets easily boted with other books, I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN.

This book started off promising and enjoyable but about halfway through I was struggling to keep interested. It jumped around way too much, retold same or similar stories over and over, and had too many characters with similar (or same!) names. I ended up not really liking any of the characters, although I think harping on their flaws was part of the purpose of the book. It felt like Perks of Being A Wallflower in a way. It was supposed to be deep but ended up missing the mark with how scattered it was.

Well, this book probably blew my mind up (in a good way). It was totally out of my comfort zone and it was worth challenging myself in a different genre.