I don't know what I was necessarily expecting but this ended up being sweeter and sadder than what I imagined. I am a person who loves a book when I just get plonked into a period of time for characters and that is all. There's something simple and sweet about being there with that character just for a time and then gone so they can live their life. I liked the general role of memory in this story and what the ghost stories brought to the overall theme. This book is more of a feeling than anything else and that's cool with me.