I don't know why I didn't guess from the title that this would be sad, but the amount of times I cried took me by surprise. This definitely read like a classic, though, with all the flowery. dragged out sentences and descriptions. But I still loved every minute of it. I felt connected to Stephen and understood her in ways I haven't understood a character in a while. I'm not too happy with the ending, but I also feel like any other ending would have been worse.