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Wow, what a slog. This did not hold up well for me. Only reason I stuck with it and finished it again was that I'm planning to read the sequel, Black House....but now I'm rethinking that, too!

Picked this up again after having read it as a teen. Unfortunately it did not hold up. The story and world building is fine, but the constant internal dialogue the protagonist has going round and round and round makes the read a slog at best.

Very, very interesting concept but the ending is a huuuuuuuuuuuuge cop out. There's no resolution, no solution to the problem of the novel. Just a ‘what happens next' cliff hanger.

Meh, not a strong recommendation from me. Kind of boring and it doesn't feel like a coherent story to me. The main characters' story lines just feel thrown together.

An unexpected read, but extremely charming.