4 stars 
 I don't want to write too much here, because that will take the experience away from the book. I didn't know too much about the story before I started reading, but the synopsis enticed me and I was completely captivated by it. It had a beautifully drawn map and family tree in the first pages--how could I resist?! 
 I started reading this by the pool while on vacation (it felt like a poolside reading type of book), and finished it on a tour bus while trying to hide my streaming tears. It wasn't easy. I didn't want to look like I lost my marbles in a bus full of strangers! In hindsight, maybe I should have picked a lighter book to read... 
 I have to say, though, that the writing style took some getting used to. At times it read more like poetry than a novel, but perhaps it's for effect, to show the unreliability of the narrator or her confusion of the events surrounding the accident. 
 (view spoiler)[I enjoyed it but it really was too depressing and heartbreaking! (hide spoiler)]