I thought it was a good story, not among my very favorites but I enjoyed it. I don't know how people can keep all of those voices straight and put names on them. LOL. I tend to be in the mode where I listen for fun and enjoyment rather than trying to figure too much out. Maybe I had one too many courses in Jr. High and High School where we had to analyze characters in stories to figure out which level of the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs they were on. I always chalked up my not quite getting what they were all talking about in those classes to the fact that I was a year younger than everyone in my class and "how on earth did I get in the gifted class--don't you teachers *know* I don't get this stuff???" ROFLOL! I literally asked 1 teacher *why* I was in her class and found out the previous year's teacher suggested it so I went back to him and asked him *why* he thought I belonged in that class.

I have found that I have to go into the fun/enjoyment mode with reading or watching movies or I feel like it's homework.