This was a random shelf discovery, and I'm really glad I picked it up. First, the audiobook reader was excellent and then I fell in love with so many of the characters. They're prickly and stubborn and weird-just interesting to read about. I think maybe Claude and Margriet were my favorites, and I enjoyed how their respective stories wrapped up. But there wasn't a character perspective I didn't like reading, and I feel like this strange little story is going to stay with me for a long time.