I really struggled to rate this book, I loved the story and the characters however the writing was heavy and dragged. The fact that the chapters were named by what part of the world they were in rather than being named for the character the chapter was narrated by did not help as often you had to get a paragraph in before you even knew who was speaking. I think it would make a good TV series but I'd never read the actual book again which is why I rated it only three stars.