I thought this was a great book, but I rate off my own personal enjoyment so I had to give this three stars. Magical realism isn't my thing. I couldn't get past that to really love and appreciate this book because so much of it just felt weird. I've never been able to get into magical realism very well. But this is very obviously a personal preference rather than a critique on the book itself.

The story was really compelling. The writing was beautiful. The characters well crafted. I was invested in them by the end, but I couldn't get over the ghosts and "thin places" and such. I will say that she captured the mysticism of magical realism and mixed it with the very grounded grief of the two main characters so well. It was a truly lovely book, just one that wasn't for me. But I would highly recommend this to people who enjoy magical realism because I do think this was a wonderful book.