I did struggle to get into this book. I didn't think it'd break a 4⭐️  rating for me. For one, having the theme of religious faith be so central to the plot was initially a challenge — I needed more explanation for certain things — but just like real-life faith: you can't really explain it, you have to accept and go with it. So that's what I did.

For most of the way, I remained intrigued, wanting to find out how the events unfolded, and, ultimately, the story, the protagonist's narrative voice, and the writing were absolutely beautiful.