RaveTorAt the end of the tale, the sheer scope of the voyage is breathtaking, but not without some perils along the path. A few of the sections are more challenging and inaccessible than others ... Yet, in the end, the whole scope of the ambitious work overrides the minor concerns that a few sections veer off into a corner, a bit. It is the corners of the text, in fact, that are often the most enjoyable. The explosion of text, like a bomb going off in the form of a novel, is a magnificent experience, and by the end, the reader will have seen a vision of the universe not unlike the sort of books that become holy, in time, in their way.
