I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I bought it after reading a review at http://www.bookian.net/book/story40.h... that I thought made it sound more exiting than the book was, but it is still one of the best superhero books in the last ten years. many people ive talked to who have read it also think it is a little too close to neil gaiman but i think it does a lot better than gaiman even though gaiman is utterly terrific. But Grossman writes like a comic book which is what made it so great for me to read.