This was a slog to get through at times. Most chapters focus on the backgrounds of different characters in a town, which was engaging and helped to add at least a bit of complexity. Otherwise, there was so much philosophical exposition that seemed to repeat itself. I wrote down a few lines that spoke to me but as a whole I can't really place what this book was trying to say besides "death is tricky". Maybe I'll change my rating as I process the pages, but I cannot say this is a favorite. Side note, it loses points for having a typical "men writing women" POV making most of the female characters props, boasting about their breast's, and showing horny men as typical, as if they cannot control themselves.