Tice Cin is a master of the implicit versus explicit language. They say so much in a seemingly simple and unmeaningful sentence; it's truly a gift!

The narrative can get quite confusing at times, though I really enjoyed the fact that ecah of the stories in the three parts do link with each other and aren't completely unrelated. There are so many names and the only explanation of who they are is a page and a half at the beginning of the book. I did get a little bored halfway through, specifically towards the end of the second segment, but it picked up again well in the third part (which I really loved).

It was quite odd going from a chapter that is written in first person and is very anecdotal to a very detached third-person narration. This felt quite jarring and took me out of the flow of reading. I definitely connected more with the first-person narrative chapters! It was easier to relate and sympathise with the characters because it felt almost like they were telling you a story around the fireside or with a cup of tea.

Through the narrative changes, the dialogue was very odd. Cin changed between using regular speech marks to almost taking on a script approach and starting a line with the characters name and a colon. Although it worked well with the detached third-person chapters, it still felt a bit tiresome to read.

Cin is very good at shocking you in this book, despite knowing that drugs are included in the narrative. The people seem so normal that you become a little invested and forget about the rest. Then it completely shock you when something bad happens, like the lover doing heroin or the father tying up his daughter. They seem like normal people doing normal things - a girl worrying about what her lover will say about her gaining weight, getting rid of an ant ifnestation, sitting down at the coffee shop - when suddenly something crazy happens. It definitely helps you relate to the characters better.