The author of the book seemed to value the enviroment the story took place in more than exposing the motivations and beliefs of the charactors. He jammed most of the charactors introspection into cramped little bursts of exposition which made it feel like they where tacked on later to help the reader stay with the story more than anything else. The ending of the book at about the last one hundred pages felt like he was writing in a total different style than he had wrote the rest of the book in. It felt like the ending was changed last minute or rewrote to better suit the authors idea of how a story should end. Overall the book just seemed to be a series of events the charactors just happend to be a part of with a sadsack ending just for the sake of it.