Beautifully written. Beautiful character development. Beautiful descriptive writing; easily brought to life in the imagination (I could see it being a film). Beautiful ending.

I don't think I've ever read a book so fast of this size, not only because the story draws you in, but because it flowed so well, in terms of both literary style and plot. Love the historical aspect as well, and I never expected the book to delve into the philosophy of life and humanity's connection to religion (without boring the reader with heavy ideologies of course). Much and more than I could have ever imagined.