I just finished it. It started out with lots of promise, then dragged a bit in the middle, and then picked up and ran head-first into a draw-droppingly brilliant finale.

For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it's Terry Pratchett's new (non-Discworld) book.

Has anyone else read this yet?

I haven't, i really really want to but have not been able to pick it up..I have read almost every other book written by him. I just started the Jonny Maxwell series and finished Making Money which had the preview to Nation in the back and started really well there.