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As language learning, the opening difficulty everyone else mentions is real. I found the late sections (~80% on?) to spike as well at times, with rather lengthy sentences on somewhat abstract musing and a lot of abrupt, easy to miss subject changes. The vocab is fairly straightforward, though, and it's not overly descriptive since it's all told in monologues and the like.
The content itself is good, though I grew a bit weary by the end. It's a pretty well-considered thriller with a lot of interlocking pieces and gradual reveals for recontextualization, but at a certain point I couldn't help finding it slightly repetitive. I don't think it quite sticks the landing on totally avoiding feelings of going through the motions of retreading, though I always like to add the disclaimer that I read Japanese very slowly still, and were that not the case, may have flown through parts that were dragging at a much more reasonable pace.