2.5 stars rounded up. I don't know what to say about this book except: These characters are all fundamentally mental! One sad case after another. I am2.5 stars rounded up. I don't know what to say about this book except: These characters are all fundamentally mental! One sad case after another. I am glad the last story ("Lucinda's Song") gave us a smidgen of hope, but the rest of the book was darned depressing. And weird. Really weird. Not my cup of tea at all. Well-written but totally not my style of book....more