I wasn’t so sure at first – the opening didn’t really grab me, but after a few chapters, I was hooked. Interesting, if somewhat one-sided, characters were used to explore specific examples of how we relate to one another and to our past – like I’d expect to find in a good collection of interrelated short stories, like [b:Turning|985392|Turning|Tim Winton|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180014051s/985392.jpg|856423]. Also, it’s a very easy read, so once you get in, the pages just fly by.