What a struggle it was to get through this book, but thanks to perseverance and excited how the story would end, I managed to complete it.

The novel is a puzzle by design. Not to frustrate, but to force the reader into the same uncertainty the characters live in.

Reflecting back on the mangled contents and what I can piece together, the following questions pique my curiosity:

• Am I human because of origin or behavior?
• If identity is inherited, can it be stolen?
• If identity is performed, does origin matter at all?
• If aliens become human in mind, are they alien anymore?

Like the characters, we can never be sure. And that unsettling ambiguity is the answer.

Shape shifting identity where the division between human and alien no longer separates the two.

Still not sure how the book ended, maybe another read some time could clear up the many ambiguities (or not).