I made the mistake of looking at reviews part-way into reading this. Came for Mike, but struggled to get past the hotel scenes. I enjoyed the challenge of understanding the language and politics introduced, but there were a few parts of the story that were giving me the "ick" -- reviews seem to indicate they will continue to be a problem the deeper I go. 

May give it another go in the future, but for now there are other books I want to prioritize.