It didn't quite blew me out of the water. Perhaps my expectations were too hyped.

Having said so - I've enjoyed this a lot. It was a narrowed down, laser-focused slice of [b:The Illuminatus! Trilogy|57913|The Illuminatus! Trilogy|Robert Shea|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386923913s/57913.jpg|813]. Much more feverish in style, but still coherent, thanks to sticking to one particular topic and story line. Enjoyable, just... not as impressive as Illuminatus. Maybe it'd be different if the reading order was reversed for me?