i am still reading this one, but it is the kind of book you don't want to read while sleepy. i am sad if i miss a single sentence because they are so beautifully constructed. this is an epic story that expands in a wide and often ungainly fashion, but my trust in helperin is already solidly in place from freddy and fredericka, which i would read before this as i doubt anything will compare to this one after finishing it and i would hate to have f&f ruined for any reader.