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I actually loved this book a lot!! I thought that O’Brien’s prose and rhetorical choices throughout this were so interesting and immersive. This book was a very welcome change from what I’ve been reading lately, (no offense to Faulkner) I appreciate that O’Brien used basic language when it was appropriate and didn’t over-embellish when it was unnecessary. I also haven’t read an interconnected short story collection like this in a while and I really enjoyed it. I think it was also a very appropriate choice for the topic and content of this novel. Honestly, after reading the first 1-3 chapters, I thought that I was going to give the book 5 stars, and well.. here we are. Truthfully, If I was able to give half stars or less, this would probably get like 4.80 stars. But, that’s only because during the ending I felt just a tiny bit underwhelmed. It was definitely not underwhelming enough for it to ruin the experience, though. Anyways, good book! Would recommend. (and I’ve already recommended it, actually)