I found this book very interesting even though I was told I didn't have to read it. It has my attention to the end. I seldom guessed what was going to happen. Subject matter was not something I would have chosen to read about as I'm not always comfortable with it. I found the characters well developed and became involved with their personalities. I would have liked more information on the main character. One objection that I had about the book was the degree of immorality. I don't have a problem if a book has some immorality in it but I thought this was excessive. I didn't see where it added at all to the character of the book or the purpose of the book if there was a purpose. this might make me hesitate to recommend it to some of my fellow readers.it did not prevent me from reading the book and reasonably enjoying it. I do not think that the fact of where it took place and how old the characters were that it would prevent anyone from consider it a good read.

It took me awhile to get into this book. I would have read it to the end even if I wasn't reviewing it as it did hold my interest. However I didn't think it had a strong enough plot. There were paragraphs in it that I thought might have been removed to keep the book going at a faster pace. They were somewhat repetitive. I liked the characters in the book and felt the author did a good job exploring their personalities. I particularly liked Mitchell's journey.