The prose here is spare and haunting, the story surreal even in its direct narration, and the premise unsettling. I opted for audio, and appreciated the narrated critical commentary at the conclusion, as it provided context for the author's personal history and the reception to her story in the years since it was published. This leaves the reader with far more questions than it ever answers, and I appreciated how open-ended the philosophical questions are. How do you define time when you are the only human to experience it? How do you experience grief or loss when you don't have a memory of what came before? How do you tell a story when you aren't sure anyone will ever hear it? Ultimately, I really enjoyed the way this made me think about living in community with other people and how we organize time and experience to survive.