I genuinely loved this book in the beginning: the atmosphere, the writing, Bron's whimsical personality.

However, I'm sorry to report that it all got old very fast. The writing seemed great in the beginning because Bron wasn't interacting much with people: the dialogue is just odd. 

There's this particular discordance within this book: all the language is very old fashioned which is somewhat jarring when all the modern elements make it into the book, like just mentions of actresses. I don't understand why it had to specifically be actresses names in discussion of a role. That's not a genuine criticism, that's a personal pet peeve.

The romance. It really felt forced? Like. They just didn't really seem to really understand each other? Both just kind of had preconceptions and that was it. Also, when Bron was crushing, he did this one thing that genuinely creeped me out really badly, so there's that.

The mystery was not a mystery. Or at least not really a well structured one. Mostly because Bron would make whatever choice would least develop the mystery. It was incredibly slow moving and kind of boring. 

I enjoyed Bron, he was a distinct and interesting character although any discussion had about gender with anyone was somewhat one dimensional.

Overall, well. Not for me but I know many will love it