I fell in love with Compton's writing via his last book, The Spite House, and although this is an incredibly different book, it's still pretty fantastic. Compton's talent for bringing otherworldly characters and events to life is on full display here, as is his skill for creating characters who feel as real as anyone you know, and just as sympathetic.
I didn't love this book quite as much as The Spite House, but to be perfectly honest, that may just be a signal of how very much I absolutely adored the other book, vs a reflection on this one. I also have to admit that I was so fascinated by the surreal nature of the book's early events, I wanted more of that, and wasn't quite so engaged when the book moved into more big-action-scene territory and spent more time with other POVs beyond the one I'd already gotten so attached to.
Still, there's no question that I really enjoyed this book and will absolutely make a priority of reading anything else Johnny Compton puts out there.
I'd absolutely recommend this one, too.