The female narrator adds a lot more inflection and drama than the male narrator.  This starts out a bit slow.  Ronald was definitely an interesting character and added the most mystery to the story.  The landscape could have been described a bit more for those of us not as familiar with the landscape.  Connie was a perfect character to exemplify a tragic person who brought a lot of her problems on herself.  I wish Cathy would have been developed more before she was kidnapped so we cared more about her.  Overall, it could have been a bit quicker paced.