The Danish Girl is a beautiful book. There is love in every sentence, thought put into every built structure, and poetry intertwined throughout every paragraph. It held and kept my attention from page 4 right until the end, even when I was reading its epilogue through salt lenses. 
 Ebershoff takes the true story of Lili Elbe and makes it into an accessible, emotional journey of what it is to be human, asking questions silently through every character's action. There were a few moments I had to put the book down and really ask myself about what I would do, what did I think the people around me would do - to really critically think about an issue that is, more than ever, at a role of importance in today's society. 
 I closed the last page with both relief and reluctance. Definitely recommended.