So... I seriously think I'm missing something because everyone is raving about this book. But I just. Don't. Get it. 
 I usually love atmospheric books, and slower narratives don't tend to bother me. I absolutely loved The Night Circus and The Snow Child, which other readers seemed to take issue with on the basis of being "all atmosphere, no plot" (unfair imho), but this one is just not doing anything for me. And I'm having a really hard time figuring out why. It's probably a combination of a lot of things. Like the slowness of the narrative and the creep factor of almost every single male character. 
 Anyway, I'm dnf'ing this one at about 50% because it's due back at the library soon and I have so many other things to read. Maybe I'll go back to it one day...