I think my favorite part of this is how dated everything is. Set in San Francisco in the late 1970s and written in the late '70s, I received an interesting glimpse at a time period I was not around for. This is definitely NOT a plot driven book, as it was originally serialized in a newspaper. Don't read it if you expect anything to happen. I kind of felt like I was watching a soap opera from the era. Well, with a lot less action. This takes a certain mood-I'm getting a little tired of stressing myself out over "what happens next", so this was a nice break.