I did wonder if I missed alot of the messages as I seemed to have to concentrate hard rather than just skimming.
Oh me too!! DS was waking 2hourly every night for weeks as I read this book so I partly thought it was sleep deprivation that meant I wasn't able to think coherently about the statements being made about relationships, love, men, women etc etc. It's good to hear that most other people found it the same way.

No idea what that first part of the story was about. I am really curious about that artist character and it's quite annoying that it his secrets were never explained.

I think we need someone (or a few someones) who liked the book to come in here and tell us why and put the story into a different light.

You guys keep mentioning that things got lost in translation. Having another dumb moment but was this book originally written in another language?