Definitely took me a minute to get into, but I loved the prose and social commentary so much that I was able to push through and by a quarter of the way through I was hooked! Varela is beyond talented. Every single character in this book was full of depth and I related to many of them uniquely. His writing style is exquisite and I love the intentional way he describes American politics and race- I learned so much. Beautiful, devastating and thought-provoking.