The adjective that was used by more than half of our members during our meeting was "rich." Definitely worth the time it will take, and every member that wasn't through with the book was encouraged to finish it. The book is set in the first half of the 20th century in Spain, which is not a time that anyone had studied or taught in school, even though there are multiple generations of teachers in the group. One member listened to an audio version, and said it was easier to get through the Spainish names and not get bogged down in the vividly descriptive prose.

Interesting summer read. One of the more thoroughly discussed books by our group, but no one will read it a second time. Characters not particularly likeable but we could identify with all of them.