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In response to "I'm somewhere around page 75 and thinking about quitting. I find it dull. -- nm" by mara

It certainly had a pace and style I was not expecting. I happened to like it, despite not quite understanding why.

David's warning that it "isn't for everyone" was, I suspect, mostly content-based, but I think it applies to the writing style too. The first 300 pages honestly are a pretty straightforward laying out of fact and the enormous cast of characters before it starts to hone in.

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