I liked the concept and plot of the book but I found the writing style hard to follow. The literary references were a bit too much throughout, like the character was trying to prove that he was clever ALL THE TIME, while the constant (part sentences and paragraphs in brackets) made it a bit disjointed at times. Some paragraphs were bracketed despite the fact that they would have stood alone as descriptive paragraphs which just added to the story rather than being a separate thought.