Overall it was a slow paced book. If youre looking for kaboom and a page turning "OH MY GOD" this isnt the book for you. If youre looking for an emotionally deep, makes you cry, and cringe at the thought of these peoples pain, this book is for you. It was a pretty good book overall. Its not a long boring book. Its short and intense. Yes you still need to turn every page and keep going, but its not intense as in action filled. Its intense as in emotion filled. There is so much emotion in people who have daily struggles of these diseases. Yes, theyre diseases. They take over your mind, body, and soul and make you hate yourself.