This book really tapped into my deepest pessimistic beliefs about humankind, and it was nice to wallow in them for a while. 

It also has great autism rep – some of the most true-to-life I’ve read. And of course, it’s always fabulous to see a woman in her 40’s as the main character. 

The majority of the book was really strong, and I was definitely gripped beginning to end. Such visceral body horror, but also points of hilarity and tenderness. 

Unfortunately, the ending was a bit weak for the lack of explanation. There were a lot of questions left unanswered (1. What was Tommy’s actual motivation for wanting to (I think?) help Becky, and why did it lead to so much killing right from the offset? 2. How did the video stuff actually work? 3. Who were the Rylak Corporation and what were they doing?), and while I’m not someone that needs everything to be explained, in this instance some explanation really would have heighted the book. 

None of the questions I had about the core of the story were answered, which left it feeling half-baked. I was left wondering if Sodergren simply couldn’t come up with good answers for any of them, rather than the, I think, intention of leaving it all a mystery for effect. If just one of my big questions had been explained, even partly so, I would have come away a lot happier. 

All in all though, I still had a great time reading this, and am looking forward to my next Sodergren read.