I'm digging that this book was co-authored by a black man and white man. I'm digging that this book takes an engrossing look at police brutality from both sides of the racial fence. I'm digging that the young man who was the victim of police brutality lived.

What I'm not digging is that there is still a need for books like this and The Hate U Give.

This book takes a look at so many layers of the issue of police brutality and its effects on society as a whole. You feel police brutality from the point of view of Rashad, a black teenager who was a victim of police brutality and who -- thankfully and miraculously--survived his encounter with a cop. You feel his pain (physical and mental), his rage, and his confusion when Rashad's father tells him a story about his own time as a cop.

You experience the police brutality as a bystander, a white bystander, as Quinn realizes that the man who was a father figure to him after his own father died, is the cop who brutalized a young black male. Quinn plays on the basketball team with Rashad's brother. And the brother of the cop who beat up Rashad is also on the basketball team with Quinn and is like Quinn's brother. Do you see the complexity of that?

Rashad has to figure out a way to process his anger and deal with his father, an ex-cop, who has a dark secret that confuses the hell out of Rashad.

Quinn has to come to grips with his own biases and decide whether he's going to take a stand or remain silent.

There are other characters, too, with their own complexities and personal struggles that they must deal with.

The book is well-written, engrossing, and holds the issue of police brutality up for the reader to look at from multiple angles.

More than anything this book lets you know that the worst thing you can do in any case of injustice is remain silent.

A riveting read and an excellent way to open up the dialogue on race relations.