As other reviewers will probably point out, this book can be difficult to read due to the style. It follows different characters and jumps back and forth in time. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had a reading group or a class to help parse out the meaning from it, but as it was, I enjoyed it. The messages about healing rang true, and I liked the inner workings of the healer Minnie. I related to parts of Velma's struggles, and I think those 2 characters are what kept me reading even when I was confused.