Themes of religion, mental illness & fears of solipcism make this recognisably Dickensian, but the ending is unusually unambiguous & defined. This is classic Dick, one of his best. ( )

Nice deaths, intersting ending - it's got a really good twist ( )

Link to a review on my personal website (might be in Swedish). ( )

Well this is a tough one to talk about without giving it away. But it was one of those things where at the start it is intriguing and cool, as you go on it becomes weirder and you let yourself fall into it, you read on and learn to just go with it and enjoy, further still the worry sets in What the FUCK is this all about? Should I chuck this book out the window?, but you keep going because no one likes to give up (right?) and then when you do get to the end you find out what was going on and realise that Dick is an absolute genius. Not so much for the plot idea itself, but more so for the world he created and how beautifully close it was to what you didn't realise it was.

http://home.comcast.net/~tonydal/wise... ( )