I thought it was decent; better than other books of that period. But you still have to be in the mood to suffer through the innuendos about british social classes in the 19th century. It's an interesting story, though. Very imaginative.

I tried reading this a while back and didn't get through the first two chapters and I rarely ever start a book and then stop.

i liked it. i particularly enjoyed the end. and i thought the writing style was kinda hard to get through but the idea made it all worth it.