I SHOULD have loved this book, but I just didn't. The characters are filled with qualities that should make them fascinating and lovable and engaging. The "mystery for book lovers" plot should have thrilled me and resonated with me. The theme of binding old knowledge with new technology should have been right up my alley. But there was no real affection or emotion in any of these elements. The book was clever merely for the sake of being clever and not for some higher cause. Hmph. 
 I will say this--I loved the end, even if I did figure it out way in advance. Maybe I loved it because I figured it out? I'm glad I read it, but I'm glad I don't have to ever read it again.