** spoiler alert ** 
 I really want to be able to rate this higher. But I really can't. This was sitting at two stars for the vast majority of reading thing. But the middle of this book took a turn that I wasn't expecting. I wasn't prepared for Travis to get killed, and the aftermath definitely had me teary eyed. For the most part, I didn't care much for Lydia, and I absolutely hated Dill's parents. I loved Dill and Travis, and considering there was really only one character left that I liked by the end of this book, I really can't bring myself to rate it more than 3 stars.