I'm about half way through and I'm officially marking this book as 'Did Not Finish'. 
 Usually I would slowly push through it since I'm a completionist and I hate starting things, books in particular, and not finishing them (this is actually my first DNF ever! Had to make a new bookshelf and everything!) but lately I've been on an unfortunate run of dull books and I just want to move on. 
 It takes forever for very little to happen. Seems more like a series of dull conversations that lead nowhere in particular than a story. There was nothing original or unique about it - In fact, almost every character is someone else's invention (or a real person). The blurb sounded so interesting, I'm so disappointed that I just can't get into it. 
 I do feel mean giving it just 1 star - I didn't 
 hate 
 it, I just found it boring - But since I can't even finish it, I can't see that I can give it any higher. Sorry Mr Kim Newman.