This is clearly one of those books that hits or misses for people. It seems the good ratings and reviews have a great time with it. I was not one of those readers.
Didn’t hate it. I mostly found myself annoyed with our narrator again and again. I won’t try to dissuade anyone from picking it up. But if you’re not into it in the first couple of chapters, I’d suggest just moving on at that point. I was very much getting squirrelly the last few chapters.
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