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I read the book last night and I really loved it. I feel similarly to others; at first I found the style nice, but a little thin. I thought it would begin to grate, but I was won over and really settled nicely into the rhythm and mystery of the book.
I think somewhere in the latter third of the book I gave up trying to figure out the hows and just went with it fairy tale style. The writing felt more akin to a parable than a fairy tale and I think that reading it that way was what I needed to give up because the message was more fairy tailish. I'm not sure if that makes any sense at all, but that's how if felt to me.
Some have mentioned liking or disliking the repetition in the journey descriptions. I actually liked it, but must admit that every time I read the little phrase "crossed the 2000 mile steppe" I had a flash of Tim Cope.
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