This is a book in three parts. In each part, we follow a new generation of the Brangwen family.
It is a family saga, but the three parts hardly build on each others. The main characters from the previous part, whose innermost thoughts we have just seen, are now strangers.

Except for one or two chapters in the third part, I was not really interested or invested in what was going on. There was very little to no conflict, and the page count was kept up with inner monologue and descriptions of nature and the feelings of the characters.

A lot of the time I did not know what the writing was supposed to mean and would have a hard time focusing.

The chapters that I did like were the ones where something actually happened. There was a conflict between a teacher, her boss and her students and a lesbian love story. However, these were only a small part of the book and overall, I was disappointed.