Interesting that, for you, this was almost as bad as the Able McLaughlins (in different ways, as you pointed out). It was a slower read, certainly, but I got angry at how bad AM was, whereas this novel never got there for me. I was interested enough in the setting (I agree more with Diablevert about enjoying the science bits, though Dreadful Penny is right that they did start to pile up once we got to New York) and in Martin that I always thought there was something better around the bend. And (as I’ve talked about a little in my blog) I thought there was something really vital and interesting about the whole Caribbean episode. It’s the one point in the book where I really thought I understood what Lewis was capable of–he allows us to really see the surroundings, significant and meaningful choices are made by characters, etc. And then he falls out of it before too long….ah well.

For me, also, this was the book that nearly put my blog in a coma. Glad to know it wasn’t just me being lazy.