I never thought I'd say this, but the footnotes really saved the book for me. I usually am intrigued by a story told by an unreliable narrator, but something about the main character's self-righteousness and obliviousness while wallowing started getting old after a while. It was refreshing to read the footnotes (added in by another character) calling the main character out. I'm also usually all for character driven stories, but the story started to feel repetitive and meandering in the second half. I wouldn't say this was an unenjoyable reading experience, but these things did make it hard to get through at times.