This was so confusing - both in the writing style that was either like a run-on sentence or just total rabbit trailing, and in the setup where you didn’t know what in the world was going on until halfway thru. I get that it was trying to be intriguing and create mystery, but I didn’t even have any context to what sort dystopian world I was in - what was going on that the MCs DID have knowledge about. You just got dropped into this ambiguous setting with nothing for the longest time. 

Also, the memories or flashbacks was a strange setup because I didn’t feel like it lended itself to much of the current story or character development. The predatory sexual abuse situation in the past lended to some of the shame processing and response but even that wasn’t really explored in the men’s friendship like it could have been for it to have felt purposeful enough to be in the story. 

All in all it could have been really interesting if it fleshed out the dystopian setting and scenario, but I just lost interest or lost the plot during most of it. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.