I liked it. It's about middle on my personal scale-- all around entertaining, with some good bits and weak bits. I don't think the central conspiracy conflict was as strong as some of the other conspiracy plotlines, and the villains were weaker when compared to more memorable villains, but it was a joy to watch the development of DeWorde and the other reporters as the paper got bigger. Also, lots and lots of in-jokes that I got in that one. TP went crazy with the media references, which were fun to read.

My favorite was the entire discussion referencing to the Seattle Underground, which I'm pretty 98% of the people who read the book won't get. I would never have gotten it if it weren't for a confluence of specific life circumstances and tourism.