I'll give it a three, even though I'm leaning towards a two. 
 I've read two Klassen books before and this is by far my least favorite. Not only does it copy copious amounts of other classics ("Jane Eyre", "P&P", "Emma"), but it's overly, overly long. It could have easily been wrapped up in a nice, easy 250 pages or so. But it's not. The writing is good, mind you, it's just very difficult to get through toward the end.