I absolutely love Madeline L'engle's writing style. Her words are so beautifully crafted, each phrase like a perfect puzzle piece of ideas that fit together flawlessly.

However, I did not enjoy this story. The heroine, Camilla, was far too passive for my taste. She just let people walk all over her most of the time. And a lot of her supposedly good relationships with people were completely inappropriate, unhealthy, and emotionally abusive!

The story line was not pleasant, all about parents cheating and fighting and lying to each other, and how the children deal with the chaos in their family life.
I didn't like any of the characters, even the good ones. These young teenagers are all so jaded, without faith or trust in anyone or anything, without hope.

And I didn't like the writer's religious philosophy. So arrogant, thinking that you can make God be who you want Him to be. He just IS, whether you like it or not!
So... not a great book, but I have enjoyed other books by this author!