This book grabbed me and sucked me into its world. I had a difficult time putting it down to do other things in my life. I was captivated by the language, the characters, and the setting. The author managed to recreate another time and place and dropped me in the middle of it. I found a few faults with the novel, but they pale in comparison to what it does right. Read this if you want to be transported away from your daily life and live in the shoes of another person who is not very human at all.