Listened to this as an audiobook while driving so maybe that affected my enjoyment some. There was a lot of introspection on the main character's part and not much else happening, so it was a bit slow for my tastes, though it picked up nicely near the end. My three-star rating is more a reflection of my tastes than the author's writing. She's talented with words, conveying the innermost world of her main character skillfully, and she crafts beautiful sentences.