In the beginning, it's really hard to figure out what exactly is going on and how  these characters fit into the bigger picture. It was interesting and exciting to find out what was going on. It reminded me so much on quarantine that I was sucked back to that time and made me reflect on it and the current world as it is (or is it?). The story is just so clean and almost inscrutable, it scares and intimidates me. Be right back second guessing existence and figuring out how all of the little pieces exactly fit into place. Probably wouldn't have picked it up if I hadn't needed to for uni, but glad that I had to.

Update: I had to read this for uni for a literature class in which we discussed it thoroughly. My initial rating was 5 stars, but after discussing this book for 4 hours that rating has changed. This is something that happens quite often with books I have to read for uni and is exactly why I try very hard to differentiate the two. I also wrote a comparative paper on this book, compared to Virginia Woolfs short story The Mark on the Wall, which was nice and somewhat restored my love for the book. Remember: ratings aren't set in stone...