I am not often selfish with my reading time. But I often found myself squirreling away for extra time to spend with this book. Compelling characters, intricately plotted, and deeply feeling. I would not have picked this book up based on the description, but saw so many rave comments about it. This is about as good as they come. 

I would add that this is challenging for audio at times. Perspective occasionally shifts in chapters, and at times it took a moment to orient myself to the shift. That is in no way a reflection on the author or writing, though. Just a quirk of listening to a book like this.