DNF at 20% 
 I was told this author is a best-selling novelist 
 What? 
 If I didn't know that, I would have thought this book was written by some fan fiction writer who lives in their mother's basement. 
 I never got invested in the story, characters, world... or ANYTHING! I felt like an invisible barrier was between me and this world I'm trying to care about. That invisible barrier was a lack of character... I mean this guy has no literary voice!... or perhaps that's his intention? It really shouldn't be! The entire book reads like a transcript that's been translated, translated back into another language, then translated back into the original language with minimal editing. 
 I've seen that stuff firsthand before. And let me tell you, it's not pretty. 
 It has no style (or a lack of a normal style) and everything that is written doesn't even sound natural. Is that what he was going for? Last time I checked, living beings were not supposed to narrate with the carelessness and disinterest of robots! 
 *Sighs* 
 This book was not fun to read. 0/5 stars.