Amazing book. A deep and complicated story of a pastor's family, examining parent-child, spousal, and sibling relationships, but also relationships with religion, sex, drugs, love, and one's goodness - or lack of it. This is not a simple read, it is not a book filled with pleasant characters, if anything, it's the opposite, but it's raw, insightful, and thoughtful. The way Franzen describes his characters' inner world reminded me of Tolstoy. I will definitely re-read it.