Ananya Pai

My advice, read the book without any presumptions of a tale of undying love or Achilles' famous heel or of how the book is sure to make you weep. I think the hype kind of ruined it for me. I was ready to cry and while I did feel extreme emotions all through out the novel and did tear up a little, I did not bawl my eyes out. You'll get attached to the characters, you'll love the protagonists, you'll hate the antagonists, but you'll also always kind of see why the villians are acting the way they are. You'll feel a lot of things while reading this novel, especially towards the end. I'd recommend reading this to anyone, but as I mentioned before, expecting a huge climax sort of dulls the emotions when it actually happens.

I get why people have high praises for this book. It reads exactly like how an angry man sounds. The story is fast paced and keeps you wanting to know what's next. Although I will say, I found many parts of the book a little hard to swallow. In certain parts, like towards the very end, there's mention of how America has allowed gay marriage and the speaker comments that this will lead to the end of the white men. Multiple mentions of religion in a blatantly disregarded fashion. Providing justification for heinous crimes. These things everyone knows are the truth of society, but reading it is still hard and at times seems unnecessary.