As for the book, everyone was unanimous in disliking the tacked on, fantasy ending. Otherwise, most people found it interesting and informative. It definately showed Brooks' journalistic roots, to the point at which one suspects that she did a lot of research, and then constructed her plot so as to cram as much of it as possible into the novel. And she stumbled on the archaic language at times, and presented a rather modern voice for a 17th century narrator.