The mystery parts did get interesting at the end, but the middle sections of the book in particular were so tropy. I did not enjoy the main character, and many of the minor characters seemed to be written solely in a way to justify his dislike of them. There's just a little bit too much contempt floating around, and I didn't find the disaffected annoyance that interesting as a character concept. Also the elements of religious abuse and violence against women seemed to just be there for the sake of it, rather than for thematic exploration or out of necessity.