Even tho the characters aren’t the nicest people, this is a great story! And the fact that the main character is always on the edge, doubting everyone, makes us doubt everyone (imo). It is also good to see  representation about grieving, it was very well done. I’d say this is a story to consume via reading and audio, if you can. I listen to it on audio, which has a great narrator and it’s good to be able to listen to words and names how to say them correctly. But because I didn’t have the book to follow along, i would also like to have been able to see the words and letters. So imo both always are the way to go.