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Review title: Creepy, and REALLY interesting!
Product review: I loved this! Gothic, meta, ghosts, weird, disturbing, what's not to like? Unfortunately, either I was too stupid or Egan didn't tie enough loose ends together to finish her meta-fiction, and literary thoughts. I gave it four stars because of the journey of the story and the delightful atmospherics (man, this book can CREEP you out!) but it ends either too soon, or chapters should have been added to end certain plots within plots within plots (too open-ended). However, WHAT a puzzle-box of a start and middle! I think this would be an EXCELLENT book for writer folks to bounce off of! This is such a playful book, it has caused me to completely reassess the only other book of Egan's that I read. If she is in reality such a playful, cynical but loving, meta-fictional writer, I like her much better. But damn! Why didn't she cook this book a little more thoroughly?
