Title: Long and Dry
Product review: I picked up this book based on a shining recommendation from a friend. Because I downloaded it, I didn't realise it was as lengthy as it was until I spotted it in a bookstore, although length doesn't typically bother me, especially when I'm hauling all the pages around on an e-reader. I made it two and a half chapters in before I had to set it aside and chalk it up as a lost cause. I simply can't get past the unnecessary details and the overall dryness with which it's written. I found (and, when I go back to try again, still find) myself zoning out while I'm still reading, acknowledging words but not stringing them together into meaningful sentences, and I don't know that any of the characters are have enough character to make it worth continuing. I hear Dan Simmons has better books; I'm not sure this hasn't put me off him entirely, but this was a poor introduction to his storytelling and has made me wary of any of his other novels.
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