This was really really good. I struggled with it a little because it’s very dense, but the prose is beautiful, the metaphors are stunning, and the stories are interesting. The character descriptions were possibly the most incredible part—they were so real and fascinating and well crafted. My biggest complaint other than the sheer density of it (which is standard for a book like this) is I did think it could be a little repetitive sometimes, and the stories dragged at times.