This book is not for everyone, I'll start there. I'm not sure how to recommend it and who to recommend it to. But it most certainly is for me! This is one of those experiences where I finished and thought, "wtf did I just read?" but not in the way I tend to do, because the book is weird or gross. Instead, it's more because it's aimless and unexpected.

The Coin is a jarring, unsettling novel with a protagonist who doesn't even try to be likable and is not the most reliable. Her opinions often seem provocative for the sake of being provocative, and I imagine a lot of people won't like that. She's messy, the other characters are messy, there is no one to root for really but there is also no plot to be found.

All of this sounds like I did not enjoy the book; trust me, I did! Give me an aimless, quirky book with messy characters all day every day, please and thank you.

This book will find its audience, I'm pretty sure of it. And it will probably stumble along the way.