Reincarnation Blues

Wow. I have to say this book is something. The writing is somehow both thought-provoking, creative, and clever but also incredibly naive and cliche. I honestly enjoyed reading great swathes of it, but not sure if that compensates enough for all the...cringe. The characters in the book make no sense to me. The love story is unconvincing. The author's concept of reincarnation is compelling but deeply flawed. The ending is confusing but not in any meaningful way. All with the overarching voice of hetero-white-maleness. I feel like this author is maybe a very new soul and I would have really loved his 100,000th life's version of this story.