Brutally sad, honest, and well-written. You feel the violence under the surface of every word, and when it breaches it still surprises the reader and leaves you devastated.
The one downside is that the first story, a novella-length piece, is the real strength of the book and comes up top. Afterwards, it's hard to feel like there's much reason to continue on through the other couple of stories. It's worth the effort, but it's a little like seeing Quiet Riot in concert and hearing Cum on Feel the Noize very first thing. You'll still enjoy the night, but the anticipation of the best being yet to come has something to it.
To use an overused term, the book is very Haunting in that you'll find yourself thinking about it days later. Between this and the violence it acts a lot like a Cormac McCarthy book, which is very high praise as far as I'm concerned.
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