A friend called this book bonkers. It is that. It’s messy, riddled with cliches and heavy-handed metaphors, and just a bit too long. But man, there’s something really good here. Butler is so good at getting into the heads and hearts of working class men, and he’s picking at the hollow core under the surface of the American dream. 

This book reminded me a little of The Odyssey, a quest filled with monsters and epic tasks. I genuinely gasped at certain plot points and cared about characters. 

This is a good book that I think could have been better, one I think will stick with me.