Our bookclub found this - with only one exception - to be a very disappointing book. The most often used adjective was “boring” unfortunately and overall there was very little of any interest in it for us. Even the farmers amongst us did not warm to either the characters or the storyline - the characters being one dimensional and the storyline uninspiring. The writing was good enough but sadly did not make up for the overall tediousness of the story. We gave it an average score of 3.5