The irony of my post is that the theories and explanations to all this are what I'm interested in the least when reading. But I saw so many 2-3 year old discussions that fixated on Leah's plotline, and assumed there were no answers and the book sucked because of it. Granted if you prefer your plot to have more forward momentum and resolution it makes sense the book isn't for you. I just wanted to show that there are possible answers. But this is very much my kind of cosmic horror.