The first third of the book was strong for me, then things started going downhill after that point. It felt like the story wasn't sure if it wanted to have a more satirical/humorous tone or be super raw and gritty. Not that it's impossible for a book to have both, but here it felt imbalanced and kept taking me out of the story. The development/growth of the characters felt abrupt and it felt like a reach for the reader to believe the "friendship" that developed between the characters. It's possible that this will be explored more in the sequel, but I don't think I'm invested enough in the story or the characters to read it when it comes out.