We went, based on months of speculation on Language Log and their ultimate positive review. We liked it, didn't find anything really confusing, and agree about the consent problem of not giving Ian full information before making their daughter.
I was disappointed that we only got to see her office briefly, with no close-ups on the books or furnishings. We had read a blog entry about the fact that the office was copied almost item-by-item from a real linguist's office, down to the fact that she has a ruler on her desk.