3.5 I really wanted to love this. It had a lot in it that I could have loved. What I didn't love was the narrative style. I think it has merit but I don't think it was for me. It had so much beautifully in it but overall I had a hard time with how often it skips time. There'a lot of characters to keep track of and they slip in and out of the story enough that I forget who some of them are. Still, the themes are lovely and there are times when the writing was fantastic. It just wasn't for me.