I fell in love with this book in the beginning. Schwartz's writing is lyrical and elegant, and the references to Sappho's poetry makes it even more so. Reading about the (reimagined) lives of famous lesbians was very very interesting, and the way the author writes by mixing up the various narratives keeps it from getting tedious.

However, after the 25% mark the book did begin to get a bit tedious and perhaps a bit too slow-paced. The addition of new characters was a welcome one, but after a while they all started to get jumbled up together in my brain. I adore literary fiction and don't really care much for plots, but it was difficult for me to connect with this book in the way I wanted to because it began to get borderline boring and monotonous. 

That being said, the author's writing style is absolutely lovely, as is the idea behind this book.