I have to put this back on the to-read so it doesnt show up in my read/100 books in 2011 challenge stats. I really wanted to like this and have heard great things but was disappointed. I read to over a third which I think is giving it a pretty good go. The pace is very slow, and whilst I was assured by other readers that things do pick up around halfway, I feel like I have wasted enough time "waiting" already. The overall premise is interesting but gets lost in the mundane minutiae of the main characters every move. Yawn. I also felt the switching between first and third person narrative made the whole thing seem choppy and disjointed.