[XorNot]

I'm definitely category 1 there: couldn't tell where it was going or why (was a blind pickup because little said it was important) and Wikipedia'd a synopsis to see if I was missing out on anything. Didn't seem like it.

[nemo44x]

I think this is a good summary of the themes explored throughout the book:

https://americanaejournal.hu/vol6no2/lacey

Reading a synopsis of the story sort of misses the point of the book. The plot is pretty limited.