Just reached a point where I realized I didn't really care or want Rooney's over-intellectualized commentary about life to have its way with me. There's wasn't much in there, I wanted to take away. 

Plus, I found it so hard to read. I kept having to reread stuff to grasp what was even happening. Beautiful World is one of my all-time favorite books so I'm not sure what happened here. Maybe, I'm just not the same person I was when I read Rooney last.