Like most of the books of this series, there were plots where I was entirely invested and plots where I was not. While entirely unrealistic, I found the end of Norman's story extremely interesting as I realized connections from books years ago. It was at times a thrilling read, which I enjoyed more than some of his previous books with more sedated plots. I felt like Maupin was trying to redeem Mary Anne, who was extremely hatable by the time she left San Francisco. It didn't really work for me? She was less annoying, but that was more because he didn't focus as much on what made her so irritating. However, she struggled a lot in this novel and I expect her to be less annoying in the next novel. Overall, fairly on-par with most of Maupins previous books from this series, I enjoyed it.