The story is much more after you get to understand how much loops he has lived and the experience it gives the trauma and how well he hides it and the best thing is monaco
It was really great arc in the novel(well it was 3 Chapters but considering the length it can be called a miniarc)
The perfect run is not just a title it has a meaning you'll know when you read it
And the refferences and jokes are just his distractions from what he is really doing
It's good and the thrill is there other than the Antarctica arc which started to be boring in the middle
So continue a little until he meets jamie on the beach atleast