I had a hard time starting this book because I had never read a Toni Morrison book before, and so I had to get used to the writing style. But once I got used to it, it felt like I was hungry for more and more of the story, I felt like I was entranced by the story and needed to know what would happen next. 
The characters are interesting and complex and they feel so close yet so out of reach— possibly mimicking how the characters themselves feel so close and yet so far from the people around them; lonely. I loved that Morrison keeps you on your toes, never fully revealing the events of the past until the end, carefully showing you glimpses and flashes and then keeping them hidden away, just as the characters do.
This book has made me a fan of Morrison’s writing and I definitely need to read more of hers. It’s so poetic and descriptive I can picture everything exactly as she tells it.