Oh, how our lives are intrinsically connected. The ripple effect our actions have on ourselves and others is endless. This story does a great job of looking into that ripple and exploring the joys and tragedies resulting from it. Human existence is complicated and messy. It’s sorrowful and wonderful. It shows how, too often, women are left to endure violence from men. There is a lot of trauma in this book that I cannot directly relate to, but it breaks my heart to know that so many people find themselves in impossible situations like Lavender and Hazel. Blue is the embodiment of “good” despite all of the bad that preceded her existence.