This is 3.5 rounded up, mainly because I think I was a distracted reader so I missed a lot of the connections between characters, and I would've appreciated the book more if I had paid better attention. At the end, I wished I had a character map that listed all the characters and what their relationships were with each other, because each chapter linked a new character/perspective to someone who had already been introduced – which is usually a method I enjoy a lot.

Even with a good number of the connections going over my head (see what I did there?) I enjoyed the concept behind the book, the different perspectives/lenses through which it was approached, and the world-building involved. I'd read more by this author, and I might even go back and re-read this so I CAN enjoy the connections.

It won't be for everyone though: requires an interest in sci-fi, a willingness to indulge future worlds and a talking pig, and some rather dark imagery related to death.