I read it six years ago so my memory of specifics is pretty fuzzy but I loved the novel. The multiple narrators kept the story moving, Count Fosco is a great character, especially for readers of the modern Pendergast novels, and I found the comedic parts quite hilarious. And to quote from the review I wrote years ago, now I must go because "my hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody."