My Top 5 Reads of 2016 [CC]

Certainly a trigger warning for this one because it does deal with some very heavy topics, but I thought it was very well done. I was impressed.

It is very disheartening and yet uplifting at the same time... it is a very good read and it's very timely for a lot of what is happening right now in the U.S. I'm very glad I read it.

It's just one of those kinds of books that I enjoy and it's also one of those books that you just can't put down... it absolutely deserves a spot on this list for the amount of time I spent just thinking about it and worrying for these characters and being completely gripped in by this story.

After I was able to push through the first little bit and get used to the writing style, this book, oh man. I was hooked... I cared so much about these characters. It was heartbreaking. It was moving.

It was also about characters that I care for and characters that, you know, maybe I hated at some points, but also rooted for and wanted everything to work out for and it's very beautiful, haunting story.

It's a very informative non-fiction book and it's really quite interesting. It's certainly not an area that I knew much about beforehand and I feel much more informed now that I've read the book.

I had such a good time reading the book. It is very self-reflective. It's not like a fluffy, fun graphic novel all the time.

It's not a very long book, but, man, is it intense. His wife writes the final chapter and... I cried. I didn't even rate it 5 stars. I rated it 4 stars because it is a little too philosophical for me at points. But it really stuck with me.