I just feel like I didn't really care about the characters.

It's a backstory for a cloak. I don't really see much reason WHY I should care for it (other than of course the fact that it was alive as a cloak and a sad backstory).

Maybe it was because I turned this on while I worked on something (never really been an issue before), but I just didn't really care about it. And I feel bad because I do like Vandermeer and his writing style. I think maybe I just listened to his better work first and everything else just isn't living up to my expectations.