I didn't think the second part would win me over because I loved the first part so much, but it actually ended up being my favorite of the two. I loved the style, it did get meandering, but I was also very invested in all these little "inconsequential" routine details about everyday life and the characters and their interiority that the author went on about. 

According to some reviews there's something of the writing that gets lost in translation, which is really a shame. I can only imagine how good it is in the original language.