Passage

I had a lot of ups and downs with this. I was originally annoyed by how bloated and useless a lot of the text felt, only to be pleasantly surprised by how much of it ended up mattering. I also came to enjoy the characters enough that their ramblings became more than tolerable, enjoyable even. I still think you could cut about 1/5 of the content without losing much, but it worked out for me anyway. What an interesting story. I frequently found it hard to put down–I just had to know what came next!