content: The metaphors are too obscure, they should be used to illuminate not obfuscate. Much of the book entails unnecessary distracting details of the physical setting and the characters. I saw one reviewer call his prose crystal clear- I think it's more an attempt at poetry than prose. Only about 2% of the writing deals with description of emotion and i felt i knew nothing more about rabbit angstrom at the beginning of the book than i did at the end (save the fact he was irresponsible)