I cannot say enough good things about this book. I think I have 5 pages left. I can say that it's been over a year since I read anything I felt this invlved in, that I honestly dreaded putting the book down because I didn't want to not be reading it. I can say it's been even longer since I felt this invested in characters. I can say that reading this book made me feel a little more alive. Or, that it made me feel more. That my capacity for feeling increased as I read the book. It is a very good book, and everyone should read it.