I should've put this book down. It's a good book, I guess, it's just not my kind of thing. I wanted to read a more adult book than I usually indulge in, and I decided on this one because I saw it recommended on a Reddit thread about literary fantasy. But this was not a fantasy book at all. They called it stunningly beautiful, or something to that effect, but to me it was just gruesome and depressing. Too dark for my taste, by a long shot.