I got this when it came out and it has sat on my to-read pile all that time as something slightly shinier or slightly more pressing was chosen and...

It's definitely a book. I finished it. I didn't want to hurl it across a room.

But I wasn't excited by it.

Roz Kaveney's Rhapsody of Blood did it better.

The Old Guard (first movie) did it better.

Angels in America did it better (the theme of movement Vs stillness which is more a dénouement in this).

I finished it but it didn't have anything I felt any sense of excitement or wonder over...