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The plot and location of the this novel intrigued me, (how can I resist anything set in Scotland?) yet didn't live up to my expectations. The plot was slow and the structure was weird. The multi-narration didn't bother me, it was more the weird part 2 that was all flashback; why couldn't that have been inserted more organically throughout the book? Then there's the fact that half the book (at least it felt like it) was just two characters trying to avoid their problems, one by doing lots of drugs and the other by actually succumbing to voluntary amnesia. Something about that just bugged me, because it comes just as we're getting to know who the characters are and this made them feel less heroic. The antagonist is equally frustrating as he's not truly evil, he's conflicted and constantly feeling guilty and hiding behind the men that he sends to do his dirty work for him, so he doesn't have to personally beat up the girl he supposedly loves. The whole story felt kind of meh to me; there was no urgency to get it finished. Though I am curious enough to probably read the next one when it comes out, so I guess the author was successful after all?