After a few pages in, I know this book isn't going to be for everyone. It has a quality of being snarkily verbose, which can irk those not really amused by that tone, but I'm a simple person that gets a little kick out of a personification of Death swearing like a sailor. It's a book where you're enjoyment of it is really going to depend on your admiration for the writing style and our ensemble of characters. It's slow, constantly jumping between characters, backstories, and motives, but, if you're invested in all of those, it feels like no time goes by at all. 

Though we follow a good number of people, each feels like a developed character. Everything has something to lose and something to gain here, you're rooting for everyone in various different ways. 

I really liked the novel's aspect of humanity's capability to feel so deeply is what makes us human. The fragility of life affects our ability to experience complex emotions, rather than looking down an endless shaft of eternity and feeling nothing. It's a lot to take in, so I wish I hadn't raced through this book to finish it for a challenge. At least it opens me up for a reread at some point.