At about 25% I wrote: So far I am not very impressed. I've read about a quarter of the book and I am still waiting for something to happen. Neither is the writing exceptionally beautiful nor are the characters especially interesting and there isn't an interesting setup for society or technology either. I'd expect all these things of a good fantasy or sci-fi book. I may give this another chance and continue reading next week-end ...

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It turns out that after reading some exceptionally badly written books before finishing this one, I enjoyed the style of this one much more. Technically it is a good book, well executed and original.

Still I was looking forward way too much to finishing the book so I'll stick with the two stars. I probably am what you call "Kunstbanause" and so I learned a new word today: a philistine ;)