What a strange novel! It began so incongruously, so slow and plodding. I didn't know where it would go. I had nothing to tie me to it. I didn't care about the characters - their tale was being told by a strange narrator, separately.

And then the characters met - and suddenly the narrator vanished, and the novel really began for me. Halfway through!

It became exciting and a mystery to solve! What were the motives? Who's lying to who? Who should he trust? Who should she follow? I really, really loved the last part of this book. The last 10% is riveting. Truly one of the weirdest experiences I had in reading. Is there a way to have the second half without the first? I'm not sure...