The idea behind the book, the structure of the book, the stories within stories kept me hooked.

Most of Johnny Truant's life was very dull for me, could have been better edited and shortened but perhaps the ramblings were intentional and essential for the character that Johnny was.

The Navidson Record at the heart reads like a thesis, there's so much detail to unearth in this book - specially the citations. Real authors, real books that I've read and then completely fictitious essays, and research.. takes a lot to pull it off and make you believe all of it is true.

My favorite bits were on photography, perspective and architecture - they were actually similar in intent to a lot of theory I've read in real life.