The style of this book is unlike anything I had ever read before. There something so poetic, lonely, and crushing in this book that I have never seen in any book before this (granted I don't have the largest library in the world). Either way, this book has plenty to stand on its own. It really captures loneliness, isolation, coziness, connection, alienation, cold bittersweet redemption. I only have some minor complaints, like sometimes it seem a bit unrealistic, other parts drag, but overall a fantastic book. Highly recommend it.