I understand what the author was trying to do, to give a backstory to all the characters but it's too choppy and and the character development just doesn't work. Every time I find myself really enjoying a story line . . . it's gone. Pffft Usually never to return.
I've not read any prior books by this author, but assume from the questions at the end of the book that he has done something "different" with this book. I am not a fan of stream of consciousness writing. I like commas, and find them helpful in interpreting sentences. Normally I can handle switches in time and still care about the main story. Not so with this book. By the time I got 3/4 of the way in, I was disliking the book intensely. There were chapters that added no value whatsoever to the story. How did this book get so much press?
