I'm about an hour into the 8-hour audiobook and had to stop and read the reviews to figure out if I should keep going. I appreciated the forewarning about the animal dying that a number of reviewers referenced. It is one of my biggest hot buttons and I feel a very cheap author technique to evoke emotion. If it's Charlie I will be pissed if I keep reading. Decided to DNF this one and save myself the anguish, as well as utter boredom at the vomit of stream of consciousness.