The book was terrible, the characters were insipid and not developed at all. The characters were dropped into the story in full dysfunction without any background of how they got that way. It was not a case of one or two dysfunctional characters, but an entire global universe of dysfuntionality.The book was ended with a terrible scene that did nothing to resolve any of the issues brought up in the story. In fact, not one issue brought up in the story was resolved. Even the "blockbuster" closing was left open-ended.All in all I found the book totally disappointing and unsatisfying. So much so that I will go out of my way to avoid books by this author in the future.