Probably a 3.5. Started out very muddled, we were introduced to characters very rapidly and I felt it was hard to keep track. That did eventually clear up and become an interesting, high paced thrill ride. Sometimes you have to suspend belief a little bit and just let the book lead you, but it worked. Very enjoyable. ( )

Not nearly as exciting as I'd hoped it would be. There are about 50 pages near the end that are real page turners, but the preceding 150 or so didn't really engage me. There were too many storylines following separate groups of characters, many of which didn't really add to the overall plot. Also, the epilogue supposedly happens two weeks after the main events in the book (so says the section heading), but the text references the events as happening over a month ago. That glaring error really threw me off, and just capped off an overall underwhelming read. ( )

After getting 1/3 of the way through, I decided that the book is about a shopping mall instead of about people. I gave it up. ( )