I've yet to learn the discipline of a good reader: Quit while you're ahead, or quit before you've wasted too much of your time. I've realized I never will learn this though. This is a book I should have gently forgotten about. Instead I slogged through it over 2 weeks time. Two weeks. What would have normally taken 3-4 days - 5 including a weekend. Weak in inception, weak in follow through and lacking in any real interest - whether characterization, plot, or (failed) theme. This is not a recommendation.

The other thing is that having spent so much time on a disappointment, I'm harsher than I should be. Because of my compulsion, I take it out on the book.