I know I'm going against the hype by saying this, but I really thought this book was a tad dull. It was a bit lower paced that what I usually read, and sometimes I'm fine with that in character-driven stories. Here, though, it really felt like things were being dragged out. I nearly quit a few times, but I finished mostly due to a reading challenge.

The book needed more Marcellus since that was really the only character whose perspective I was really looking forward to reading. Perhaps because his chapters were short and sweet, and a little of him can go a long way, but there really wasn't anything else that kept me reading. 

I do appreciate the book having an older protagonist since those are very rare in fiction, and it is easy to see how this book would interest others. It just wasn't for me.