Overall an enjoyable read, and the abomination of the title - a cross between body horror and creature horror that takes insect form - is truly fantastic. A wonderful monster.

I couldn't get behind the characterisation so much, however. The Edgard near the beginning of the book seems so different from the end that they may as well be different characters; I find Indra's feelings for her adoptive father so black and white as to be totally unbelievable (the man rescued her as a newborn and subsequently raised her, and this entire storyline would be so much more effective if she were torn between father figures); and finally the devoted family man loses his infant child by... no, I can't say, it's too ridiculous. Plus the monster resolution seems too easy: there's a limit to the power of positive thought.

Worth reading for the monster, though.