This story focuses more on perception than anything else, which managed to work in its favor. 

As readers, we are only able to understand Mim's world the way she wants it to be interpreted, and follow alongside her views of past and present as she becomes more willing to admit that those views are flawed. I regrettably can relate to the frigid comfort of compartmentalizing everything one can comprehend into absolutes during times of confusion and strain, coupled with the ease of ignoring how truth can rarely be legitimate in that capacity. Mim builds up absolutes throughout much of her narrative and withholds pieces that challenge them until she's forced to reevaluate, causing honesty to finally spill out into an unapologetic and raw reckoning that fortunately felt natural. 

However, there were pieces of the plot in which it became difficult to suspend my disbelief. It may have been necessary for Mim to meet people larger than life in order to gain a better grasp of the intricacies of existence, but some of those people and situations clashed with ones that could transition into reality more smoothly. 

All things considered, this novel was incredibly engaging and contained multiple quotes that were able to resonate with me. Mim was not a perfect person or narrator by any means, but it was easy to find affinity with her character and collection of oddities, which are embodied by every person in their own unique way.