EMOTIONAL. ROLLERCOASTER.  I was equal parts enraged, horrified, in tears and just on the edge of my seat. I had “known” that forced sterilizations had happened in our history in the textbook sense, but reading about it in this way was just visceral for me - getting sucked into these fictional characters lives made it even more abhorrent. 

Clarification: There are no graphic scenes in the book, it was more of getting to know the characters and being outraged on their behalf.