I didn’t enjoy this book. I wanted to, I needed to, but I actually disliked this book rather immensely. I thought the writing was bland, and the plotline rather plodding. After meeting with the author, and hearing his thoughts and motivations about writing this book - why he choose certain writing styles for the different characters, what he wanted to achieve with their character arcs, all of that - did help me to understand the story more. But when I was reading this book, I was bored. I didn’t care about the characters. I didn’t fully understand the storyline. It honestly felt like nothing happened. I know that this was a character-driven book, but, apart from the grieving and flashbacks, what did actually happen? Not nearly enough, in my opinion. The characters themselves were dull. I didn’t mind Ryan that much (and honestly, if the book had solely been written from his POV, I probably would have enjoy the book a lot more). Harvey was so bloody bland, and Miles just pissed me off. I didn’t get anything from their parts, at all. It also scared me that I felt nothing about Isaac’s death. I should have been saddened/angered/something, but I wasn’t. At all. The writing style was okay. The lack of descriptions, and emphasis on dialogue and inner monologue didn’t really work for me. I need to envision the book more, but I honestly couldn’t describe any of the characters or setting to you. I would have liked the style to be either super emotional (this book is about grief and death after all) or mix it up with humour.

Overall? This book felt pointless. I literally got nothing out of reading it. The story was dull. I didn’t think enough happened, and I didn’t connect to any of the characters. The writing style was okay. I preferred Kostakis’ [b:The First Third|17185857|The First Third|Will Kostakis|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1365147767s/17185857.jpg|23635170].