Title: This book is worthwhile--despite the recent bad reviews
Product review: This book is more similar to The Secret History, by Donna Tartt, than anything written by Dan Brown. This book is not a page turner, and the writing wanders around time and space too much. At times I was a bit confused about what was happening when, and there was no reason plotwise for this to happen. Overall the prose is good, though sometimes forced, but there are some lovely and insightful tidbits in it, and the ending is excellent. Although I agree with the reviews that say this book is too long, and the characters are not very round or sympathetic, the key decision (to choose an academic passion or a full life with loved ones) of the main character is very deep and engaging, and this combined with the ending, which I only wish were not fiction, make this book worth reading. With a more discriminating editor, this book would have been a five-star masterpiece.
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