You made it a hell of a lot further through the book than I did. I know I read it years ago, back in high school - or at least tried to read it. I didn't know what Ravenloft was, I didn't care, I was just starting out with LKH and thought it was pretty kickass - and then I started to read DoaD and couldn't get to the end of the first chapter without being horribly confused and bored. So I returned the book as fast as I could.

And yet, I still managed to read four and a half Robert Jordan books that year. Aiii.