I enjoyed the writing style as well as the in depth look at Paris during this time. However, I did not have a lot of sympathy for the characters and the structure of the book bothered me. I wish there was more to it, more story more depth. But you knew how this story ended, she tells you in the beginning if you didn't know the history. So I thought there would be some new discovery, something interesting to explore but there wasn't. It's just the sad story of a failed marriage.