It started out OK, but about midway through (when he was working at a circus and they all started living in communes), it degenerated into a hippie lovefest. And how about that infamous line "Nine times out of ten, if a girl gets raped, it's her fault." What the hell was he thinking?? Besides, in my opinion, from a literary standpoint it's boring reading about an all-powerful character who can do anything.
By the end I was praying that Mars would get repeatedly nuked, then sowed with salt, then nuked again.