"The Particular Sadness of..." Finishing this Book

If you were able to get past the silly title and concept (tasting other people's thoughts in the food they made), then SURELY the lack of quotation marks bugged you.  If you were able to get past the lack of quotation marks, then it MUST have bugged you that her brother's legs were turning into a chair.  If you were able to get past the "brother/chair scene" and continued reading, then congratulations my friend...you made it through the book.  Now... put the book down and question why you allowed yourself to waste so much time when there were numerous signs that you should NOT read/finish this. 

Sorry Aimee Bender, but this is a miss...