What a difficult book to rate. Upon finishing, I had the desire to re-read it immediately--there were so many scenes I wanted to read again with the context of the ending. That said, I don't think I'll be re-reading this in the near future just because the violence and gore was a little much for me. I started and stopped it several times since I wasn't in the right headspace for it. On my third try, something clicked. It's delightfully strange.