It is somewhat, but it's a major eye-opener. So many tears when I read it, but it really makes you think about the things happening around you. It makes you second guess yourself when you criticize someone...what are they really going through you know...Anywho, I fully recommend it, I warn that it will probably make you cry because I know at parts I bawled like See More▼ a baby and had to stop because I couldn't read anymore...but it's a true story, and it happens everyday...