The Transit of Venus

I read this having heard great reviews and, on the day I started, anticipated sinking back into my couch and reading as much as possible in one sitting. I spent hours reading a handful of pages, taking a break, going back to the book, taking another break, and found myself making a very small dent by the end of the day.

150 pages in, I started falling into the plot but Hazzard's interesting sentence structure and descriptions kept me from quickly blasting through the book. I went on vacation for a month and left the book at home (library copy and I only wanted to bring books I could leave at various destinations). When I came back, I decided to start again and realized I had missed a third of what was going on in those first 150 pages.

The writing in this book is impeccable, the plot is great and this is easily now one of my absolute favorites. It's not an easy read, but this is definitely the type of book someone could re-read every year or two. Highly recommend.