There were aspects of this story that were very intriguing or poignant, such as the contrast of one young couple being excitedly pregnant with their first daughter while another couple deals with infertility and the ward comes together for a funeral. However, the tone was extremely bitter towards the Church, callings, and men in general. A lot was misrepresented and disproportionate to anything like reality as far as I can tell. The pacing of the narrative wasn't always smooth either, and some interesting tangents were unexplored. I got so frustrated with almost every character at some point.