Once you get into it, which honestly was dense with the world of anthropology, you were in. King does a great job of getting you invested in the characters. And her middle and third acts never seem to fail. I went from reading at a bit leisure pace to quickly flipping and flipping my way to the end. If you're someone who's reflective, often asking why and trying to logic through someone's choices, you'll find this book just fine. Often I'd finish a chapter and find myself thinking about it hours later, reaching back to the page I left off on. That's the kind of writing King gives. Some might call this book dull due to the heaviness of the social science, but my brain was alive and well reading this one. A tragic story, but a very plausible one.