For a book that is normally summarised by reference to a single scene in the early pages, there is so much more to this. It has been a week since I finished the book and gave it 4 stars, but it has been in my thoughts every day since and I keep coming across situations and stories that show the depth of this book. One can look on it as a commentary on how society treats the mentally ill, but there are parallels to misinformation, propaganda, corruption and power that show how little society has changed in the last few hundred years. The second part could even be viewed as something of a commentary on social media and reality TV, as the first book is published and brings fame to the main characters who are subsequently manipulated as a result.