This has not been a good reading summer for me. Between wedding planning and house buying, I can't even keep my head on straight, much less find time to read. This simply wasn't strong enough to hold my attention... Also, there were some really graphic animal death/suffering scenes that did not encourage me to keep reading. 
 Feeling crummy that this made the Orange longlist and the Booker shortlist and I couldn't get through it... Pathetic.