The Initial Insult

I went into this book wanting to like it more. The premise hooked me immediately. The short story it's inspired by was one of my favorites when it was assigned reading. Unfortunately, I feel it made some incredibly weird mistakes. These include: the "everything is a misunderstanding" trope, weird poems written by a jaguar??, and a nonlinear timeline. I was also just really annoyed by how many cliffhangers the end had. I will fully admit it was a page turner and I read it quickly but I didn't feel satisfied when I put the book down.