I am sad that I didn't enjoy this one because I've enjoyed Neuvel's other work before. But this one was not a good fit for me. I know it's supposed to be a dark satire but it didn't make me feel anything but icky most of the time. Maybe it's the time period or maybe it's the fact that every character frustrates the fuck out of me, or that the plot didn't really hit. But I didn't enjoy my time reading this book and worst of all I thought it was kind of boring.