I enjoyed reading this book because of rich language and literature. This book is in two points of view, Hazen's and Gemma's. In Gemma's point of view, Hazen is crazy, obsessive, and abusive. In Hazen's point of view Gemma and Hazen are lovers, with Hazen's delusion of self-righteousness in kidnapping and repeatedly raping Gemma. Meg Tilly uses language and vivid depiction of certain events to aide her readers in using the mind's eye to hear, feel, and get a picture of Gemma's plight. Tilly achieved her purpose but left the reader to wonder what would happen next, but with the sense of not needing to know anything else for the story to be finished. In the way this book was written, I loved reading it.