This book was quite a roller coaster. But I'm sure that was the point; full circle, ALMOST like A Clockwork Orange. It's a brilliant and rather short read, I knocked it out in about 4 days. What's really funny is about 3/4ths of he way through the book I began envisioning Charlie as the eleventh Doctor from Doctor Who. This is likely just a side effect of me watching so much of that recently, but I found the comparison to be proper nonetheless. Throughout the entire book I was wondering about the title, and I'm glad Keyes was able to answer my questions about it. A true classic!