Maybe not as great as I expected, but still an interesting read. First, I found the plot to be a bit simple and not really original, there was also some part that could have been shorter even if it's already a short book. I also think that the writing was light but it can be explain by two things. Maybe something was lost in the translation, or maybe it was intentional because it's all written in a teacher speech, letters, personal diary, etc. so the minimalist writing may have been intentional to make it look real. The characters were alright but some of their decision/choice sometimes felt stretch by a long shot and just doesn't seem realistic, like you don't think someone would do that for that reason... That was my minus. Now for my plus. The teacher characters sure goes far to get what she wants and that's a hell of an evil master plan, seem a bit exaggerate in some aspect, but still good enough. I like the many voices story, and I think that too often we get a multi voice book where all the voice look/speak/think exactly the same. In this book, this aspect is perfectly done, all the voices are unique, different and really have their own mind. This multi voice also allow us to see the same event, from multi perspective (it can become a bit repetitive at the same time...) and it's where the book is at its best, present how the same action can be seen at the complete opposite by two characters. This book is really good at showing how our personality affect how we perceive the world and events and also how each person only know one aspect of another (a son know is mother has a mother, but there is a completely different aspect of this women, has a wife, that the kid don,t perceive, or just slightly, because she is not his wife but only his mom, and the same thing for the husband... don't know if I'm clear or just getting more foggy...). All that for saying that this book has a very strong psychological/philosophical element in the matter of personality and perception of the world we have and just how uncompleted it's. It has some flaws but definitely worth reading!