Honestly, I can't imagine there's anything to say about this book that hasn't been said before, but I'll at least add my sentiments to those of the much more eloquent reviews of this amazing book.

I do want to start by saying I listened to this via audio, and while I own a copy of the book I don't know that it would have hit me as hard had I read the physical copy (for sure still a 5 star read, but the audio WRECKED me). Jason Reynolds narrates his book and it just goes to show you how incredible a book narrated by the author can be - they know every single nuance, every single period, every single intonation that needs to happen to fully convey their narrative and by God does Reynolds NAIL THIS.

The plot itself was interesting, compelling, inventive, and written so damn well. I started this audio expecting to listen to a couple minutes before starting a project and ended up completely ignoring everything and everyone in my life to listen to it all in one sitting. I cannot recommend this book enough. It's that simple. And while I know the story is amazing no matter how you take it in, I would be remiss if I didn't specifically recommend the audio version - it's unreal. It's powerful. It's so dang good.