** spoiler alert ** 
 It was an interesting enough story, but overall pretty depressing. You could see the adultery coming a mile away, and I felt a twisted sense of satisfaction when Fen was left out of the love fest because he's kind of an a**hole. Nell was a bit pitiful- a woman who was a formidable force in her own book publishing and research but couldn't stand up for herself against her husband when she breaks an ankle. I thought the cultural study of the Tam was interesting to read about but this just didn't do it for me.