This is a good book.
When I was reading it, I could hardly put it down, but at the same time I was dreading reaching the sad ending hinted at in the beginning of the book. When I got there, I felt like crying... but I wanted to read the book all over again. It was that good.
I would definitely recommend reading this, but you should be aware that it is a very serious book and that some parts of it are very sad.