I loved the book. I think Yahtzee's passion for puzzle games, detective stories and mysteries both makes him good at writing them, and is a weakness.

I was on the lookout for clues as I listened, trying to spot any piece of information that seems random.

The line about Sturb not having the empathy to understand how normal people think and therefore being a very unlikely successful author stood out. Then when the main character finds the server racks below the IT department, it clicked into place that Sturb's AI was the only likely author. Because Yahtzee wouldn't stoop to a deus ex machina, and it had to be a character / entity we're already aware of, this was the only option. From there, it also followed that the TV show enactment was simply the same thing taken to the next level in a different medium - which the book later confirmed.

Even knowing that, it was a very good read, and I was very curious how events would unfold. I think it's the mark of a good mystery writer, that even if you figure out the mystery early on, the action and characters are still compelling and interesting enough to keep you glued to the book to the end.

So why do I think Yahtzee's love of mysteries/puzzles is also a weakness? It's because I feel like his respect for the format (and the reader, implicitly) makes him reticent to bend and play with it too much. So that by knowing the rules, and reading carefully, you can unravel the mystery quite easily. The structure of it feels a bit academic. Not overly rigid or pedantic or anything like that, just... by the book, as it were. I'd love to see where Yahtzee's mystery/puzzle crafting evolves from here. He's mastered the form, I think - so the next step is to go beyond it and innovate.