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I think it's competently written!--and not only because it won the Nebula, heh. Certainly worth a skim. But I had the definite subjective experience of This is not the book I wanted anyone to write, and though that can make for lively book-club discussion :) perhaps, yes, it's better to know going in.

I notice that the Wikipedia summary doesn't say how Lou chooses, though summaries tend to spoil endings with no regard--guess the page contributors understood at least that there's potential for controversy.