I have been holding off reading this book for sooo long and I finally decided to pick it up. I thought the story was a little weird for me and left me feeling skeptic about how interesting it was going to be. But I actually found it to a very interesting and unique story. 
 I really like Matt and the characters that were close to him. Matt is not accepted because he is a clown of El Patron and reading how people treated and looked at him was really sad. Seeing how he grew and how smart he became throughout his childhood was interesting. I will say that the story is not very exciting to the point where your dying to know what happens next. It was a good read, but I probably won't read The Lord of Opium. I just don't feel that interested in knowing what happens next for Matt's character. 
 I enjoyed the book and it is different.