Cleopatra and Frankenstein

“The sirens flashed on, bathing the river in light. Red. Manhattan was stretched out before her like a handful of jewels. Blue. The city that never wanted you to leave. Red. So it offered you everything, anything. Blue. It was time to go.”

I jumped in head-first without a clue what it was about . Not even reading the  synopsis this time (very unlike me) but I was pleasantly intrigued. This book is raw, chaotic, yet extremely compelling if you love human behaviour as much as I find it fascinating. The woven story around the characters and the clever use of time skips or view changes gives you just enough without overdosing you. I read that this book is a hit or miss with many, some love it and some absolutely hate it, but I have a soft spot for how this book played out. It's messy, chaotic, but yet there's growth, which is no different than life everyday.