Alright, overall thoughts: [non spoilery for anything specific in book, but any discussion of pacing, etc. will yield pseudo spoilers if you read into em. Read at own risk]
1: Stylistically this is most similar to TTT. We are finally getting to the fireworks factory.
2: It is RSB at his Bakker-est, if that makes any sense. If you dug the other books in spite of the Bakkerisms, this will be rough for you. If you dug them FOR his particular quirks, then this is right up your alley.
3: This is now my favorite Bakker book, previously TWP was the one I liked most.
4: Be careful about spoilers. There are a lot of twists and turns in the plot that are amazing when they happen with no warnings.