She blew it. I was hooked from the beginning – the story was somewhat interesting, and the characters likable. I was curious about the mystery, and really enjoyed the dream-like elements (specifically the concept of the shifting routes through the hospital).
Then things started taking a little too long. We’d get punctured equilibria – things would stay the same for a few dozen pages, then a shift. Then the sameness would last longer and longer, until eventually you despaired for something new to happen. Also, as time passed the sciency bits got less and less sciency and more weird.
It became boring. I watched my “rating” go from 5 to 4 to 3…

Basically, this would’ve been more worth consuming if it were half the length or so, but there just wasn’t enough concept to carry the book for the whole 800 pages.