I don't know if it was because I was listening to a particularly poor quality audiobook version of this book but I really couldn't keep the story straight. Things seemed to jump around a lot, going from excruciatingly slow to breakneck pace and I kept missing important plot points. There were some good mini storylines and shocking moments and I did appreciate the imperfect characters who had more depth than they usually would in this era.  but this one overall didn't grab me.