I found all the twists really obvious, but then again I play a lot of games and read a lot.... Not to say it was bad; Lakshmi-2 was a suitably odious and believable villain, and Saint-14's character growth was good. The stuff in the Lore Cards was good as well, and I certainly needed Byf's in depth analysis to full appreciate them. Yeah, there wasn't really any suspense, because what would happen next was usually pretty obvious, but suspense is only one mechanic within story telling, not the be-all-&-end-all.