This book sounds fascinating, and your explanation of it is certainly intriguing, but the real power of this review comes in the thoughtful personal elements and the specific way that you have reached into the book - which sounds both offputting and interesting at the same time! - and pulled out ideas. The part about these characters being so hurt that their ultimate goal is mere survival in particular touched me, because of both the context you give from the novel but also the way that you write about that point. Really impactful review! Especially for what sounds like such a wild and tricky book to tackle