This book was a rough one for me. I started off kind of enjoying it, but the more I read the more my enjoyment waned. Normally with classics I can bear in mind the time in which they were written in regards to offensive depictions, but this one was so incredibly racist and misogynistic towards Indigenous people and women. It was horrifying and extremely uncomfortable. The characters were underdeveloped and fell flat on the page. Lucia was over the top and a wet blanket. The only character I enjoyed was Maurice, and he was absent for a good portion of the book.