This is the first book I have finished on my sparkly new Kindle. My thoughts on the book? It was beautifully written and profound, but I didn't quite get the overall story.Obreht's writing is breathtakingly beautiful. I read through this novel like water flows through a creek bed after a storm. It's fantastic, and I want Obreht to write everything I ever read again. The little stories within the novel were well put together and entertaining to read as well (the story of the tiger's wife and the deathless man especially).Obreht also writes extensive and filling backgrounds on at least a handful of different characters. I have to admit that when I started another massive background read of one of the last characters introduced, I had to take a break. I just couldn't read about another character's life. I even almost considered not finishing the novel at all, but I am glad I did.As to the story as a whole, I'm left... confused! I just didn't understand the whole story. I know there is a connection there - a massive, big, overwhelming connection, but I just didn't understand it. The ending was more than likely wonderful as well, but, again, I just didn't quite get it.To end my review, I will just quickly say that the depressing, vivid images of animals throughout the book made me sad and will probably pop up in my head at the most awful of times throughout the next few years. Poor things...
