Even though I knew as of the very beginning of the story the main gest of what would come to pass at the ned, I enjoyed the trip that I was taken on to get to that point. I thought that the depiction of turn of the century New York was very interesting for a non-American with little knowledge of the place at that time. Enlightening. 
 Both of the characters were different and captured my attention with interesting backgrounds hinted at throughout the narrative. I look forward to getting to know them better.