This thing is so ornately written, it would taste amazing on the tongue but I don't have it in me to sit down and make the words stand still enough to digest them.

Infodump wall of text that felt tedious in a HHGTG way, not here for homework or laughs

The start tells not to worry about how time travel works, but I'm not thinking about how it works, I'm wondering why they are doing time travel. Why have they pulled this guy out. What is the point? And by this point I should have had a hook up I keep me interested in finding out the answers, but I suspect the hook was incessant mention of the time traveler's dimples, and I've proven immune. 

This was a book club read but it's a hard no from me.

Meh

Terrible. The exposition and infodumping is as subtle as a brick; the book within the book with the tale of how two of the characters met and carried on a romance, written from the POV of one to the other. Why? She was literally there? You didn't have to write a book to her about how you met her?
Thanks, I hate it.

I just don't care? I want to read about Yaga pottering about in the woods, not having to visit the big city and scheme with/against her ex.