Storyline: 4/5 
 Characters: 4/5 
 Writing Style: 2/5 
 World: 4/5 
 --Below information added approximately a year after original reading-- 
 After reading Grass by Sheri S. Tepper, I'll happily try another book from her. There was nothing monumental here, but she developed a full and interesting world that neatly blurred the science fiction/fantasy boundary and put together convincing characters to navigate through it. What I liked most was following a foreigner new to a land and struggling to learn the mysteries, customs, and eccentricities of a new place along with that outsider.