I really liked the first couple of paragraphs of the book, especially the first two sentences.
I got to about 40% of this one and just couldn't go on. When I fell asleep reading it, I realized that it wasn't exactly holding my attention.
The story sounded really intriguing and there were flashes that caught my interest, but I found myself rapidly paging through the book. I'd slow down and read a bit here, and then it would just drag again. The writing isn't bad, it just never really seems to get to the point. At least to me. There's a lot of "talk" but not much substance, and then when you do get to a point where something is happening, it's just not compelling.
Check the Look Inside for yourself and see what you think.
As a side note...I found the quotes from Canongate Books, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Time Warner, and Simon & Schuster to be kind of weird. I couldn't find them in a published review, and I can't see why a publisher would comment on a book that is published under another imprint. The only conclusion I can draw is that they are phrases from letters to the author about the book, but if they truly liked them that much, why didn't *they* publish them? Look, I'm not trying to be rude, honestly, but it doesn't give the right impression. I'm not involved in publishing at all, and it still caught my attention as something unusual.
