This book made me cry. That hasn't happened in almost a year. It seems I have a Harry Potter-sized saviour syndrome when it comes to lost causes in literature. 
 I really enjoyed the brilliant characterisation. I think it takes some serious writing skill to portray someone like Badger as well as the author did. I found myself rooting for his happy end, even though I knew a happy end would be unrealistic as well as unsatisfying. 
 To be in Adrian's head was also am interesting experience, though sometimes I felt that her inner voice, the crass language and cuss words, didn't really fit the background the author told us she had, her upbringing and her meek disposition. I think at times the author could have done a better job of differentiating the character voices here. 
 (view spoiler)[Another, small think I think the author could have done better was the discussion where Isaac tells Adrian that he thinks loving someone means to be willing to die in for them. It was too close to his actual death, for my taste, and in retrospect seemed a bit forced. I think it would have been better, had it been a bit earlier in the book, because then the connection between this scene and the death scene would have been more subtle. (hide spoiler)] 
 It seems my review highlights the negative, but it's only small things I didn't like, and I warmly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be taken on an emotional roller coaster.