Three stars. I enjoy an unreliable narrator and there were times when I wanted to stop reading but Harry fascinated me. I did find the beginning of his journey, okay the part with his parents, to be mostly heavy and dark which I guess is the point. The book picks up when Maryam comes on the scene and I wish there was more of her.

Okay, so I don’t know if I just wasn’t the target audience for this book, but the synopsis of this story didn’t really prepare me for what I was about to read. This story does, in fact, follow Harry Sylvester Bird through a 10-year span of time, and he explores his true identity after leaving his hometown and parents who are all around, pretty ugly humans.

However, the way he tries to “become his true self” was, in my eyes, incredibly offensive and out of touch. I had a really hard time getting through this book because I disliked the main character so much. I felt sick at times with his behaviors and actions that I almost DNF’d multiple times, but pushed through hoping the story would go a different direction. I have had a really hard time figuring out how to rate this, and I still don’t really know. This may be up some people’s ally, but it was not up mine at all. I wouldn’t recommend this book to others. Despite the synopsis saying this was satirical, I didn’t feel like that came through and just found myself angry and sick throughout most of the book.