In Part 5, Why do you suppose death flashed forward to Steiners death? Do you think this knowledge improves your appreciation for the book?

Death likes to play tricks on the reader....... he makes us believe that we already know everything, but we don't. He likes to keep us hopping.

Does it improve my appreciation of the book? Well, not really, but it does serve to make things a bit more interesting when the rest of the story unfolds.