Brilliant. Just brilliant. Better than so many new gen novels. Good prose, excellent storytelling, and as many others has mentioned before, great characters.

Also like many others have mentioned before, the pace is slow. It's not boring, mind you. Just a bit slow. But because the pace is slow, it gives us readers all the time to experience the nuances of the characters.

I'm telling you, characters are the driving force of this novel. It's been a long time since I read characters this realistic and fleshed out.

Also, Samael is just the GOAT! The GOAT!

Do read it.

One thing that I forgot to mention, it's really the spiritual successor of I Will Kill The Author. So don't be surprised if it reminds you of it.