Alternately awe-inspiring and frustrating. I wanted this to be one of my favorite novels, but it never seemed to deliver what I was wanting, either thematically or with its story. DFW seems to have designed this novel to frustrate, and in that sense he did a great job. Still, I don't regret my months of investment, and will one day attempt a re-read, if only to see if all the wacky theories people have had to create about what happened hold up.