if i could give negative star ratings, i would. this book SUCKS. not only is it just boring and narratively all over the place, its pretty much just 500 pages of the most male gaze-y, misogynist, racist, and overall offensive story i have ever read. all the characters SUCK and Martin Amis seems to think that pointing out that they suck makes up for it. the whole tone of this book is like a 14 year old 'edgy' teen who thinks that offending people is 'dark humour', and would definitely tell you to 'just take a joke'. i'm not going to waste any more energy on thinking about this book, all i can say is don't read it. i only did because i had to for a class i was taking, and even then it took me months to finish it (i almost gave up several times, but i'm a strong believer in 'no read-y, no opinion-y')