I know I liked this book, but I cannot decide what I think about it. This is definitely a story that requires thinking on the part of the reader though. I really enjoyed the use of, well I don't really know what the device would be called, but essentially the opposite of fore-shadowing...past-shadowing, perhaps? In any case, it was surprising how much more difficult it was to piece together a story line when the past is revealed a little bit at a time, instead of the other way around. Such a creative way to tell the story. It also added to the mysterious, artsy attitude of the story, because at times, I got just as lost in the plot as I feel like some of the characters got lost in Laurelfield. It made the story seem, so, just, tangible...like I could reach out and touch the characters and sympathize with them because we were all experiencing that same feeling. The quirkiness of this story, it's setting and characters, and the way it all comes together moving into the past, is marvelous. The gritty realness that you get buried in as a reader, it's really something.