i think this is the kind of book i would have enjoyed more if i had read it when i was younger. the beggining is confusing because the characters are introduced like you already know them. once you get over that, you start getting involved in the dark and painful lives that star in the novel.
i consider that the characters aren't as deep as the narrator suggests. they just have horrible past and present but it isn't a synonym of deep personality, still is used like a common denominator between all of them to pretend each of them is a pandora box. however there's not a moment when at least a bit of the core and fears of characters such as andrew or kevin are showed to us. and i think this is a big mistake due to they are a big influence on neil while he is fighting his internal voice that screams him to run away. maybe the intention to guard the plain personality -that apparently- they have behind mistery wasn't a good idea, is maddening.
at the end it feels like neil meeting this team was what he needed to get his humanity, hope and trust back. despite neil acting against his convictions during a huge part of the book, i think that is just a consequence of the kind of people he is greeting. people who have similar issues as his but at the same time learnt how to build a disfunctional family: the foxes. andrew keeping neil as he does with kevin is the key to neil for start breathing again. he's not alone anymore.