Holy mackerel. 
 To be honest, I've never been into depressing books or tragedies. They're interesting... but they always seem incomplete, like Romeo and Juliet. Let's be honest, this is a much-better version of Romeo and Juliet. 
 I was really scared to start this, since I'd heard that it was pretty dark and depressing (view spoiler)[and that it involved incest (hide spoiler)], but I actually really enjoyed it. In my opinion, it wasn't so bad. 
 The only reason this isn't a five-star book for me is that it wasn't the most uplifting book (obviously) and I didn't exactly enjoy a couple parts of it (view spoiler)[like the whole incest thing... (hide spoiler)]. Overall, it was good book, just not as awesome as LotR or The Hobbit. :D