Too sweet, cinematic and predictable ending. I liked the frisson and banter of the beginning and middle and placed hopes that in the capable and experienced author that the ending would have some compromise or bittersweet irony, for verisimilitude. Probably closer to 3.5 as this reader had inner fantasy conversations with the author, and enjoyed 83.5% of the book, skipping over the 16.5% I couldn't get into or swallow.