meh.
This was a slog of a slog. the writing was...well it was a LOT. but it was fine. the dialogue was actually quicker and wittier than i had imagined going in. but i didn't like the protagonist. i do not feel like it was a great multidimensional female character written by a man, which is what EVERYONE has been saying about it. I think what they meant was, "it's a pretty good try at writing a female character...for a man. right?" but it's not. and there are men who can write multidimensional female characters. probably. i can't think of any right now, but probably. this one's not it.
i guess what i took from it and found interesting was that it made me reflect on the ways in which we are all complicit in our own doom & downfall. isabel certainly makes some stupid decisions and holds fast to philosophies that do not serve her well at all.
but also, cut that shit in HALF. cuz i just can't read any more pages. it is a length that implies great authorial self-indulgence.