Men We Reaped: A Memoir

This memoir is so beautifully written. It's so heavy but it's so real.

A book that's a mix of a memoir and a tribute to five men in the author's life that died too soon. I really fell in love with her writing style, and it was especially tragic and touching to read how she imagined what they might have been thinking about or doing in the moments leading up to their deaths.

I have a hard time rating this (why do I find myself saying this so often) because I had serious issues with the structure of the book which detracted from its searing eloquence about grief.

The topic is incredibly important and sometimes the author would pen a sentence so poignant that it would rouse deep sadness and anger for me about the state of this country. The section on her brother is heartbreaking and beautifully written in its sorrow. However, I really struggled understanding the timeline of the other sections and wish it the novel occurred on one solid timeline versus jumping back and forth.