Its plot barely holds together, and the surprise ending is the kind of surprise ending that is only a surprise if you haven't noticed the enormous falling anvil that landed on you twelve chapters before the end. (I did not notice the surprise ending when I first read the book, but I was eight.) That said, LP has the same kind of Awww, such a cute little attempt Gothic plot, I want to pet it thing going as the Robert Lewis Stevenson you just blogged about. Also, post-canon slash just writes itself.