I’m currently listening to the audiobook, which is about 15 hours. I’m a little over halfway through and I have a lot of thoughts. First of all, it takes forever for anything to actually happen. It’s like the author drops little breadcrumbs here and there, having instances where Martin (dad) is going completely off the hinges or just being a straight up creep towards Turtle. The book is also have repetitive, milking the exact same words/phrases over and over again to the point where it sounds a little ridiculous. Things like “you bitch, you fucking whore/slut”. Like I get the main character is supposed to hate women but… really? Not to mention the language used is competently and utterly bizarre. Lastly, as mentioned, the book drags out for an unnecessary long time before things actually start getting… weird and uncomfortable. It seems like it really goes downhill after Daniel (grandpa) dies. It starts feeling like some weird sexual fantasy after that and I’m not even sure if I’ll be able to finish it.
I know there’s a lot of people who absolutely loved this book so I expect to get shit for this, but I had to be honest. I tried soooo hard to like this book, but it’s just so bad.
by Strawberry_Gerbil_23