This took me a while to get into, but once you get past the different format and flowery prose, the author's storytelling skills really shine through and she creates such a threatening and immersive atmosphere. Once I got past part 1 I read 150 pages in one sitting. The parts I liked the least were the more academic non-fiction sections, it read very TED talk... In a way I didn't like. Everything else was excellent, very unsettling, real, scary, hopeful, and touching. The choose your own adventure section stressed me OUT