Yo-yo

The writing looped around and sometimes threw me off, and the central event of the story was apparent long before the book gets to it - and still I could not put it down. The word that keeps coming to mind is “compelling”, although that feels weirdly academic. Anticipation mixed with unease comes closer.

Potential readers take note: there are two Martins, they are friends, and this information is not a spoiler or mystery (although it took awhile for my jet-lagged brain to figure it out).