TLDR: If you want a moral descent into madness and futility with characters that you never feel like you really understand, this is your book. This entire book, from the writing to the story, is a delusion of grandeur.

In all honesty, I didn't know how I wanted to rate this book. It is so well written structure-wise, it is beautiful in a pretentious, academic way. The story... I don't even know how I feel. This book is *slow* and yet I couldn't put it down? I desperately wanted it to be over but I was never bored. It is truly an enigma, whether good or bad, I'm not sure. After what I thought was the big reveal and I was only 36% through the book, I wondered what could possibly fill the rest of this book?? And I continued feeling that way through every development, right through the very end. I both hate and love this book. This story successfully captures the idea that you never truly know any of the people around you, no matter what you think.