@mxchara@cyberpunk.lol The first half is a bit like if Conan Doyle thought the Sherlock Holmes stories were actual detective manuals rather than entertaining stories: it does not hold up well. The back half is probably more important to understanding the cult, which is unfortunate if you're not enjoying the read; there is a lot to wade through. It is oddly obsessed with mortality, and there is something very strange going on with the Harry Potter self-insert character that I don't understand. (I was unaware of EY as a cult leader when I read HPMOR, but it wasn't a surprise when I heard.)