“This book is big. And it has a naked man’s butt on the cover. Some folk would buy it just for that! I found the size off-putting and it sat for a week or two till I had space and exercised my arms. Truth is though, I enjoyed the experience and perhaps the anticipation of challenge helped to pull me quickly through the pages once I started. A good read, the boy writes well. If you like a sci-fi fantasy with linked stories steeped in culture/history/nature with twists and turns, then this may well work for you. Give it a go but get some training in for the heft :-)”