I don't like this book a lot... I'm on page 221 out of 450 or so pages and I'm trying to finish it, but because of the elaborate attention to detail, reading is tedious. Also there is a lot of torture and killing of animals described in this book that makes me sad and irritated with anyone who would behave so horribly towards animals. Sorry to the author, but this book is not for me. I'll try to finish it, but I'll be glad when I'm done. Yeah. I'm not going to finish it.. got to page 226 where all the hummingbirds died and the ants got smashed and now I'm finished.. no more of this book for me.