Interesting, annoying, frustrating, but challenging. There's plenty in here I don't agree with and some of it has the feel of "old man yells at cloud" but also thought-provoking, especially in the first two sections. The idea that the author and their voice are separate and that we should we more interested in what they say than who they are is explored in different ways and gives you different ways to look at literature, which is one of the purposes of criticism.