If I tried to explain what this book is about I don't think anyone would want to read it. It's a great book, but it's so slow paced that I cannot quite explain HOW I read 745 pages in fine print. I don't even know what makes this so great. But somehow the author has the ability to write magically about boring things and somehow the characters seem intriguing even though in real life I probably wouldn't look at them twice.

I heard this book mentions a lot of classics and that people said it's hard to understand so I was intimidated going into it, but it's really not any more intimidating than any other book. I am not a fan of classics, I don't think I've ever even read one, but I don't think it makes much of a difference if you want to read this.