if i waited a few months to be in the best possible mood to read it, it would've hit even harder and ended up with an even higher rating, i think. 
still, i liked it a lot and i'm glad i read it despite being a little afraid of a story that has loneliness as a strong theme .. so maybe it wasn't too bad i didn't wait until it hit harder after all. it still managed to break my heart in multiple ways and stitched it back up at least a bit.