When it's a well known, famous author and most of your FL gave it a 5 (the rest gave it a 4), you feel a bit hard pressed to rate it high too. But the truth is, for me it was just likeable, just up to there.No, I didn't miss any of what was going on, and yes, I gather it's an excellent story, if you're into this type of thing; but I guess it's just not my type of book after all. Oh well. I gave it a try.