The Plot

Some aspects of it seemed so promising: the flawed writer to be, the pretentious candidate, the fact he decided not to act on it despite his initial will. Others were disappointing: it seemed so obvious to me that the only possible connection with the blackmail/threats was the person who eventually was revealed to be - and the story itself didn't seem so absolutely amazing as everyone seemed to think it was, although I must say the build up was such that it'd be difficult to live up to it.
all in all, it was a good book: steady, well written, solid. But I was bothered by a feeling that it wanted to be so much more.