TLDR: A well told story. 

 

The story is told with modern sensibilities but lush descriptions of people and placers. Written by an omniscient third person narrator paraphrasing a found ancient manuscript. There is a fair bit of humour and swipes at intolerance and the discrimination of people due to their gender, sexual preference, religion, ethnic group, or economic circumstances. 

 

Characters are complex and diverse, main characters get backstories. The plot is easy to follow Place settings are detailed. The writing is beautiful and clear.As the story goes on there is foreshadowing so there are no plot twists or surprises. 

 

This was a lovely tale and now I know that the pink monkeys with no tail are the worst.