Based on all the hype, I was actually going to buy this book. Hardcover. At the last minute I bought another book and borrowed this book from the library instead. Who says God never interferes? He saved me from wasting money on an utterfly forgettable book. Now if only I hadn't wasted the time to read it.This book is bad. The manner in which it's shaped makes it hard to care much about the characters, and the bits of the book the 'author' in the story is writing not only are unpleasant to read don't add anything to the overall shape/feel of the story.Honestly this book in terms of actual quality deserves one star. It's a poorly written book heralded by the literati, because it's form was unique, but they forgot the basic premise of any piece of writing: to SAY something...this book doesn't say anything. I only gave it two stars because the form was interesting even if the author's writing didn't match up to it.