Sorry, if you haven’t read the book, there are some spoilers—watch out!

I don’t mean to sound überfeminist, but I just hate the character Helen for sleeping with the creep Messenger. How could she have let herself fall in love with him, even though she knew he was a philandering pig? Poor Helen, she never knew a man who wasn’t a cheater.

Yes, I found this book a bit depressing-it made it seem like everyone in the world has a farce marriage or else is helping someone else cheat on their marriage. :( And I just wasn’t digging all the questions about consciousness-although the bits about writing were mildly interesting. It was exciting enough, however, not to give up on the book-I just had to see if Helen would give in to Messenger.