I gave this book to my dad to read first since I was in the middle of other books and I thought he'd find it interesting since the author is/was German. When my dad gave it back to me I asked him how it was and all he would say is, "It's weird. It's just.... weird." He liked it, but, like me, didn't really 'get it' completely. My level of enjoyment regarding this book have would greatly benefited from a literature professor holding my hand and walking me through the deeper meanings of the book as I wasn't picking up on them. Rather, I was definitely distracted by it's 'weirdness.' Even without as much understanding of the book as I would have liked it wasn't too bad a read.