At first, I could not for the life of me focus on the narrator's speech pattern/the author's writing style. It is stream-of-conscious and jumps around between a variety of characters and storylines. I kept rereading lines and started to get irritated with it. But, holy mackerel, I'm glad I didn't give up! The writing style is jarring but it adds *everything* to the story.

People who will love this book: Teens who like challenging or "classic" reads; first or second generation immigrants and people who love those kinds of stories; someone who wants a break from the first-person monotony of YA fic and, instead, wants their reading experience blown to smitherines by the gradual reveal of the narrator's vulnerabilities.