This is the one book I’ve picked up numerous times and continue to struggle through. I don’t have the mental focus for it lately an I really badly want to read it.

Yeah, a handful of Neil Gaiman’s books (American Gods especially) are my “safe space”, as well as the entire Bordertown series (by Terri Windling and various other authors). I could read them over and over and over and still enjoy the stories, the characters, and feel a little less alone in the world every time.