The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

I should know better --- I've rarely liked books that are 'reading group favorites' and that's where this one was shelved in 3 bookstores

I read it because it was the book selected by the Paris Goodreads book club, and I really need social contact. 

I didnt care much for the translation, and although I enjoyed the first 50 pages, I thought the story got worse and worse as it went on.