Solstice

For the first hundred pages I was in two minds about finishing this book. The characterisation and dialogue were poor. It was too wordy and some parts nearly made me fall asleep, but in the end I persevered, just to see how things would turn out.

For a science fiction novel set in the near future (at the time of writing) the science was rather implausible, with over lengthy explanations of simple facts, and skipping over some of the more implausible things, For half the book it wasn't really clear who the protagonist was, and even when it did become apparent, much of what he said and did was incomprehensible. His explanations of things were either simplistic, or just muddied the waters more.