This by far has to be one of the most difficult books ive attempted to read, and i to no extent mean the words more so the topics touched in this story. the only thing pushing me to finish it is hope that some sort of justice is served in the plot. The fact that a 40 year old deprives a 12 year old girl of her innocence will at most times in the book leave you in disgust and feeling disturbed. But credit be given where its due, the author is a genius and some would say a madman himself to be able to tell this story of a mad man. I do admire that with the touchy subjects that he wrote on he never used any sort of vulgar vocabulary to describe certain scenes. in my opinion its a mentally strenuous book to jump into because of the monster who is telling his story but the author hit it dead on, minus some parts which i think get very repetitive. take what you can from this story, which is hard to with a closed mind, and then move on.