There's so much tedium in life, so much left unanswered, that reading this novel seemed just more of the same. A fine piece of observation, but wholly un-enthralling and quite boring. My escape into fiction left me
unsatiated this time around; there's a danger in being too realistic, observing every mundane detail of a life and setting the mystery to the side. By the time a (vague) resolution came around I didn't care any more.