This book had everything I want in a book but somehow fell a little short. I was so excited to delve into the artistic pursuit of feeling your pain through the passion of creating and greatly enjoyed all discussions of how the protagonist did so. However I felt there were too many lose ends, too many times that the writing could have explored an experience or a reason that did not end up amounting to sum of the ideas. There was an overbearing anxiety slipped through each chapter and right when I thought it would pay off it was taken away with the tide. Leaving us a neat ending while I was hoping for explosion.