A very immersive story. Oscar is a richly flawed, but still very empathetic character, and the setting is interesting. I did find myself rereading passages in the early parts of the book because I was having trouble figuring out if they were flashbacks or not, but the narration always felt authentic to the character, so this isn't really a complaint.

My only real complaint is that the one conflict that takes place between Oscar and Sophie seemed to resolve itself too quickly and neatly. Truthfully their relationship seemed a little charmed, which occasionally seemed out of place in a story that so frequently was rough on it's characters. It was good though to have one element of the story that wasn't depressing and stress laden.