I don't know if it was just my brain or the writing, but starting out I was very confused with who was saying what and when and where. Or there were sentences I had to reread a few times before my brain suddenly understood the context or who was saying it. Again, it might have just been me, because later on in the book everything was fine. The writing is decent, I truly love the story and the characters. It reminded me a bit of "A List of Cages" since they both deal with extreme abuse by a family member, but I feel I enjoyed the characters a lot more in this. They were more well rounded.