Heartbreaking and heartmending. I think the author does a good job on making you really feel for all of the characters and the struggles they go through as well as dealing with some complex emotions and situations in a realistic way. I think she shows how trauma affects people differently and that everyone is going through their own struggles and nobody’s issues are more or less important. 

My only thing I would’ve like to have known more about was how Dean and Mandy ended up together in the first place and more about their relationship. I think it’s the most unrealistic part of the story that they would’ve spent 15 years together and never even had moved in together while being engaged. I think they’re brushed off too much, even though it’s not the main story, it’s unfolded not great. There’s so much detail in all the other places of this story and it’s sad this falls flat when it’s a significant relationship to the storyline.