OH MY GOD. This was the single most pointless book I have ever read, and I consider every hour I spent slaving through it mostly wasted because ohhhhh my god how is it possible that so much happens and I just don't care about any of it?! 
 This is a summary of the entire book: Something bad happens. Oh no! Everything is terrible. Oh wait, something good happened! Everything is truly good. Repeat over and over and over again every page and a half for literally the whole book. There is no overarching plot. One of the main characters dies like four times, and I still didn't care. 
 What was even the point. Boooooooooo basically. I finished this only to prove to myself that I could, now I'm going to go read fluffy middle grade instead because I've earned it.