What's with these reviews? I've read about half the book so far, and it's basically potboiler stuff--pretty silly but inoffensive, not really worth finishing. These reviews all make it sound like the best thing since Pynchon or something. They're all similarly composed, and couched in the same windy, banality-ridden style as the book. It's not too hard to see that the author is submitting all of these reviews himself--he's obviously been to the site. Don't be fooled.