I had read Amazon reviews a month or so ago when I was thinking about reading the book anyways and so I knew there was a big twist around 350 pages or so in. When I read about Gonzo "stealing his wife" and then shooting him I thought, "Wow! Pretty nice but what is going on?" I didn't realize that wasn't the big twist and that the big twist was actually about 400 pages or so in. So, when it came I didn't quite understand what was going on and then it hit me and I thought, "Oh crap! I've just been 'Sixth Sensed'!"

Well, you get what I mean. Still, I didn't feel it was cheap and I didn't feel ripped off; like it was a gimmick. I felt like it was an integral part of the book plot and not a blatant rip off of that whole the person is really dead or isn't really real thing.

Of course I'm not going to do it because I am far too lazy but part of me wants to go back and reread the story after the first chapter, especially the dialogue parts.
I'm not going to but I spent a good day or two after getting the twist trying to remember different interactions. He did it well, I had no clue that was going to happen.

I also liked the several other twists like Elizabeth being revealed and Ike Thermite and the mimes totally threw me. I felt kind of giddy when he announced himself and the Voiceless Dragon.

I am trying to remember though the part where the one jackass' "master" came to Wu's and had tea with him. Was that "Mr. Smith"? I think I am going to look that one up.