I was prepared to be confused with the timeline and narrative jumps, but with the fore warnings of previous reviews I was ready for it and enjoyed this book much more. It is quite a good book with your fairy-tale setting and then your classic "banished from magical realm to our world" which is Paris during World War II. And then the strange chapters here and there where the narrator is suddenly in first person (don't worry, you'll find out who and why). It really did make for a fun read. And I'm usually wary of translations, but this one did just fine and was easy to read and understand in the English translation.