i feel like what really saved this book was chapters 57-95. i think this could've been better written as a novella. i didn't enjoy the first half outside of the main characters conversations with the old lady and her friends. i had to switch to the audiobook around chapter 27. i did like the social commentary and it felt very reflective of the times we're currently living in. i didn't mind that the romance/sapphic subplot wasn't a focus either. all in all, it was okay, but i wouldn't read it again.