Basically it is 4 stars because it's a very good novel but not the masterpiece of the century. But I still adds one star because it is written with lots of good feelings and a romantic old-school style with real emotions and feelings as we all secretly dream of knowing and living without daring to admit. We stop being robots and talking humans who encounter. It's full of touching feelings. A whiff of good romantic feelings as you need to read. It's really a good novel about a tragedy background.