Initially this book surprised me with how hard it was to follow, but after a few chapters I got used to the style. What was particularly tricky was not having a good idea off the age of the characters until further into the book, it made it very hard to engage with until about 100 pages in. Once engaged though it's beautifully written, the flowery poetic language is a delight to read. 

It's full of sad moments, in fact mostly sad, and the reconciliation theme is clear throughout, somewhat obvious at times though. I didn't fully engage with any of the characters but they were all nicely written.

The writing of this book was very enjoyable but the content itself was a bit less so, I still need to read his more famous book, which if it's written as well as this but with a stronger plot, I'm sure I'll enjoy it a lot.