I thought the book was okay. I would never have read it with out the club and I am glad I finished it but found it dark and slow in places. The characters were good but it was just more depressing than I like to read. I want to read things that uplift and this just didn't really hit the mark for me. I wish there had been more development with Auda and Jamie. There was pretty good discussion on the book but none of our members loved it.

Not one of our book club's favorite. We all thought it was a sad, dark book. It was well written but it just wasn't our cup of tea.

This book offered us a lot to talk about--some things we raved about, some things--not so much. But choosing books that not everyone enjoys is the beauty of a book group. We all agreed that we liked the descriptions of the paper making process.