Couldn't get into this one...
I'm astounded reading all the positive reviews and hype for this novel since I personally could not get into it and can't imagine it being worthy of such praise. I felt the first hundred or so pages were quite boring, convoluted and slow - the complete antihesis of what would normally lure me into a mystery/thriller. Perhaps there was something missing/lost in the translation. Or perhaps the characters were too one-dimensional and didn't speak to me at all. Regardless, I gave up around page 200; when I come up with every excuse not to pick up a book I'm reading, I just have to throw in the towel, as there are too many gems out there to discover.
