hmm. okay. I tried so hard to like this one, and don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy some parts of it! I think Unsworth is a fantastic author and I really did adore the way this book was written. the prose was funny, unique and original. it was ironic and hilarious in all the right places. the book was FULL of brilliant quick wit and quotes. however, and I think this is the point, the protagonist was wildly unlikeable. It fell short on a few elements for me and felt quite inauthentic and self-absorbed. the last few chapters definitely brought me around and I’m glad for that because at first it was looking like a DNF