Ah, interesting. I remember a lot of people squeeing about it a while back, but I guess I never paid attention to the substance of their reviews, nor noticed the negative responses. I had also avoided it for a while, probably because when "fandom" LOOOOOVES a thing, I feel like I'm being set up for disappointment? See also: Marvel movies; Murderbot; The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet...

>>so many of the things we want to read are UK authored and thus not available at the library.

Hm, yeah, tricky. And it's probably not easy to let go of meaningful books from childhood! I know I haven't been able to do it; there's a box of them in the closet. The close ties of physical books and personal identity... or, heh, perhaps I'm projecting that.