I felt it had some potentially interesting parallels with some of the things Nazis did in WWII, however I lost interest in the characters after a while. I'm a little bit bored of the style of story that starts with a scene from later in the narrative, then I spend the next few hours impatiently waiting for it all to catch up. The ending was pretty flat too, although I had forgot it wasn't a standalone. The second person narrative, although in small doses, didn't seem necessary. I'm capable of putting myself in a character's shoes without it. Reasonable fantasy but no where near what I was expecting from all the love it gets.