I read this with my book club and I was glad to have other's input as I went. Because I did this on audio I think that my experience reading this book was a little muddled. Not because of any issues with the narration itself, but just because of the book's structure. I think having a physical/ebook to read along would've helped me understand the separation between characters, the footnotes etc. It's just a book whose storytelling is not always linear and therefore I found it a tad hard to track everything well exclusively on audiobook. I also think that being able to clearly distinguish the footnotes for the book from the story would've made some parts hit harder because as I understand it they are based in the reality of the American prison/criminal 'justice' system. 

There's a lot of super important information in this book and I think because so many people know so little about the industrialized prison complex in America this book had to do a TON of educating along the way. That's not the author's fault, cause the information is super relevant to this story. It just is quite the mountain to climb for a novel. 
While I did appreciate the variety of povs included from a world-building perspective, perhaps there were a few too many? Switching between pov tenses was a bit jarring at parts. Including so many povs did mess with the plot pacing a bit, until towards the end when things hit a better stride. I also would've preferred to spend more time with the central characters, so I didn't feel so far removed from them. For a book that discusses dehumanization so thoroughly, I would've expected really in depth character development. But I do think this comes back to the mountain this book had to climb from a factual standpoint.
Overall though I did appreciate the message of this book and think it's worth the read (just read a physical copy at least in tandem with the audio!)