Literary Significance and Reception
This novel was a departure for author John Connolly, whose other novels belong to the thriller and crime genres. Graham Joyce of the Washington Post reviewed the novel as a "distracting outing for the author". Other critics had similar views of the novel as possessing unrealistic conventions and disturbing elements.
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