Ah man, don't read that book until the pandemic is over and you're in a good place. I encourage you to go back to it when you can though, I love it, the only book I have read twice.
Yeah, I had to quit during Part 2. Just... too depressing. My friend kept telling me Part 3 is really interesting but the world will need to be a lot happier of a place to jump back in. I've considered just skipping the rest of Part 2 and going to 3 but seems like cheating.
