He's a great writer, and the beginning is gripping, but after a 100 pages I know that semi stream of conscious style, that blurting out of sentences rolling down the hill, tumbling over each other, segueing...
And then, what's left? No character arc, unless it's Toph (who *just* started to do something grown-up)
It's kinda amusing to read, but the 'I' character just ambles along. He has a lot of difficulties in his life, but never seems to change, hop, another challange, hop, another difficulty, hop... deeper emotions? Somehow I fail to grasp them.
I think I sometimes see the meaning, and zeitgeist, weltschmerz, oh give it a name. But for me it's over the top, it's forced.
