Man, this is one of those books I have no idea how to rate, let alone review. It wasn't perfect. A lot of things bothered me. But this is one of those books that is important. It's important to read about Josh's disability, his PTSD, his depression, his survivor's guilt. It's important to read about Sky's poverty, her unfair responsibilities, her family struggles, her dad's alcoholism, her mom's depression, so different from Josh's but also the same. It's important to read about Marge's son's PTSD, so different from Josh's but also the same, about Dylan's teenage motherhood and coping with her friends' dreams, so different from her own. It's important to read about small towns that feel like nowhere. These points are lovingly and respectfully if occasionally clumsily woven together by poetic prose against a vividly drawn landscape, creating a beautiful yet sometimes messy finished product, but because the mess reflects the trials each character faces both internally and externally, it feels authentic and purposeful, not a mistake.