This was a sort of meh book for me. There's nothing wrong with it, but nothing that makes me want to force it into the hands of everyone I meet. The only character I got to "know" was the narrator and while I could relate to some of his childhood emotions, I didn't like him at all as an adult. (which is what he is for the majority of the book)

The occasional look at the psychological effect of becoming an adult (as in separate from your parents) was interesting. There's also no doubt that creating fear and trauma don't have to include actual violence.