Awesome, poignant, and so, so, playable.
When I started playing, I explored my room as a result of hitting "no" to start reading the book - I was convinced for a while that I was exploring a hidden alternate path to the game (and subsequent deaths) before realizing that beginning the dream would take me to the same place.
All the same, I was very interested in trying out every dead end and dying in some kind of dread-ridden but surprising way.
When I realized there was a way to surge forward and I was "gaining" things, it propelled me to pay closer attention and try to find an end.
Getting there was very satisfying and I felt like I earned it.
I would have loved to keep exploring hidden paths around the story - that first moment of "AHA, I FOUND A SECRET!" made such an impression, even if all I'd found was a way to delay the plot.
I loved this.