As the saying goes: "don't revisit a book you read & loved back when you were a teenage goth". Or not. Thus far, I'm amazed at how all-over-the-place the prose is. It's either bad, or more experimental than I remember it. Knowing now that it was written in response, or at least influenced by, the death of Rice's daughter, I'm finding it more nuanced than when I first read it. We shall see.