Barn 8

In a world where most of our POV characters overcome all odds to become ___ , Barn 8 forges a new path. Things are hard, characters are not feeling or doing well, we are forced to think about motivation and mental illness and hard choices. I walk away thinking I probably have a new perspective on things now, but whatever that is, it is still unsettled in my head.
There is a small little aside story with a chicken as the POV character, and that is another bit altogether. The book has humor, but it also has some real tragic stuff that we get to deal with.