Started off really well, I couldn't put it down, then about two thirds of the way through it seemed to take a bizarre turn. There is an idiotic subplot which seems to do little more than provide the author an opening to portray a certain political party in the most evil, vile light possible; it was asinine. There is at least one or two other subplots that seem to be completely pointless and go nowhere. In the last third almost every character suddenly does ridiculous, nonsensical things and then the rats come and I am not quite sure how realistic or likely I felt that was since the rest of it was supposed to be realistic and believable as far as I could tell. And then the ultimate slap in the face: the ending. Total wtf-ness ensues in the last page or two. Worth a read I suppose but I will be selling it right back to a used book store rather than holding it on my shelf for all time. Lame.
