I will agree consent wasn't handled very well, though. (I do feel like it was trying to... maybe? ...go somewhere with it, what with the myriad ways people fail in that respect, but it never quite engaged/)

Right, I kept trying to follow the thoughts, and they just ... didn't ... go ...

This book would probably be excellent while high or otherwise quite loopy, you're right. You'd just be like, oh, telepathic elephant, cool! rather than my ...what? Why?