Often hear people say that it's a difficult read and agree. Simultaneously one of the few books I managed to read in an evening cover to cover. Think it just requires the right headspace and imagination.It changed me as a person after that.

Just hearing the names of the characters takes me back into the book. That was one thing that I think was distracting (the names of characters) probably more a reflection of the current day. I tried reading The Island after that, but didn't get the same depth from it, still an interesting work of fiction.