Nine Princes in Amber

This started out strong, but as the mystery receded and the main characters' swaggering smugness came to the fore, I lost interest. The female characters are atrocious, the setting is too fluid and insubstantial, and there is hardly any characterization, aside from every key character being a violent egomaniac. As it progresses, the battle descriptions become the focus of the story, and they are extremely tiresome.

There are some interesting ideas, such as the narrator having amnesia and the magical playing cards. It's just not nearly enough to sustain my interest for a whole novel.