I've never read anything by Myres before but I'll certainly be happy to read more by him after this. It's a very atmospheric book, and consists of an exploration of the 2 main characters and their relationship. I think different people could take away different things from this book, I found it a good look at two damaged people trying to escape the world and get lost in their art. Both extremely different people but bonding in their activities and the reasons behind them is a really nice look at how different friendship can be. 

The writing itself is dark and beautiful. There're droplets of action throughout the book to keep it from being too literary which are appreciated, no more are necessary either. I have mixed feelings on the ending and can't figure out if I liked it or not.