I enjoyed it, but there were a number of critiques. It was thought to be too long, and needed some drastic editing. The characters for the most part were cartoonish, and the plot needed some tightening up. And an ambiguous ending is fine and good for a book espousing Great Truths, but not for a murder mystery. It was admitted that the premise was clever, however, and the word painting well-done. A pretty impressive debut novel.