It's relaxed and humorous and peppered with enough street language to make reading it seem like talking with a friend who makes you laugh. There is a point to the book beyond the reading experience, which is the author's view on hope. I don't know how well I agree with it, but it's extremely thought provoking. I gave it five stars but it's not perfect. There are long-winded sections that don't seem to advance the story, but four stars wasn't good enough