Wow this must be one of the most intense books I have ever read. There was something about that book that made you feel so tensed up - you can't put it in words it's just such a crazy experience. As a European I had some distance to this book's main topic which I'm really gratful about and looking back would make the experience even harder if not. 
The story definitely has some flaws especially with characters and plot holes but the writing makes some scence so vivid that I can still remember them a year later.