Probably a bit higher than I would give this book relative to recommending it to others, but this book checks a lot of very specific boxes for me. The first half is certainly slow, but I appreciate the context it is able to provide. My only issues with it are minor moments where the author takes slight liberties to insert an emotion or sensation that wouldn't have ever been recorded prior -- even then I didn't dislike this every time and understand the need to bring the reader in to certain moments.