I think this was my third attempt at this book and it still took me more than 3 months to finish it. I can appreciate what the author was doing, hence the third try at it, but it just didn't click with me. I felt like the plot was meandering a lot and the characters didn't stand that well on their own to be enough to carry the story for me. 
I would still recommend it to people that enjoy reading high-concept and theme-oriented stories. I just wish it worked for me.