This is an amazing novel. Even though I had a pretty good idea of the story from what I had already heard and read about it - it was mesmerizing. I could barely put it down. I had read The Virgin Suicides and was a fan of Eugenides already but this book goes on my all time best reads list - along with To Kill a Mockingbird and other works of genius. Several reviewers have complained that the first part of the book which goes back in time 2 generations is too long and just too much information. I think it is edited perfectly and the story can't be told without going all the way back to Greece. Love this book.