The writing style used in this book does take some getting used to. It's a little like a beginners version of the language used in A Clockwork Orange, but easier to figure out the meanings to words. I think the writing style is meant to be as if the main character Warner is writing the book himself, as he is illiterate at the beginning of the book, it makes sense that he would write phonetically, e.g. in the book six is written as sicks, while many words are spaced out or pushed together as Warner is used to hearing words said this way instead of writing them.
The book is set in a world where the amount of money you have directly corresponds to how tall you are, so the poorest are the size of rats, while the richest are giants. The story is an interesting look at society and how people with a ton of money just don't have to worry about the same things as others - like cat attacks in the book. While I did empathise with the characters the plot didn't pull me in the way I had hoped and the main reason I finished the book was because of the characters rather than the plot or the writing.
The book is set in a world where the amount of money you have directly corresponds to how tall you are, so the poorest are the size of rats, while the richest are giants. The story is an interesting look at society and how people with a ton of money just don't have to worry about the same things as others - like cat attacks in the book. While I did empathise with the characters the plot didn't pull me in the way I had hoped and the main reason I finished the book was because of the characters rather than the plot or the writing.