I tried. I gave this book 100 pages. I really did want to like this book, but it is impossible. The plot moves along achingly slowly, so slowly that I found my mind wandering and consequently unable to keep up with the S L O W moving plot. I read one lengthy paragraph about a minor character lighting a cigarette. That was it....just lighting a cigarette. I'm sure there's a good story in here, it just needs a good pruning. This book is excessively wordy.
