This was one of those books that could potentially change your life. It's oddly profound where I thought it would be fluffy or cliche. It speaks a lot about the human condition. And humanity in general. And even if you don't agree with its conclusions I don't think it was written to convince you one way or the other. But it gets you thinking, really thinking. To get you to question life and it's meaning and whether there is one and what living should be. 
 It puts life in perspective. 
 Wallach creates a unique voice for each of his protagonists. I fell for them all. And for different reasons and in different ways. They each had their own voice and their presence was so heavy on the pages that I couldn't think of them are mere characters almost right away. They are so real, like you could feel heartbeats on every page. 
 There is also a cd that goes with the book, and is definitely worth looking into. 
 The writing was beautiful. Eloquent and real. There were some cliche lines. And they do nothing to take away from the story. 
 If you're going to read this story for the plot of what goes down on earth, rather than for these characters then you are likely not going to like this book. It's a story about humans and their lives and so it is the lives of some humans that the author focuses on. It isn't an action movie.