With this， I am officially done with this author's work。 It's unfortunate， as the world he created has near boundless potential， but he is not capable of writing about it without chapters of pointless， recursive snark。I got 11% into this before I punted it back。 Normally I'd give a book more of a chance than that， but the author's recent track record of tedious books has given me more than enough points from which to draw an downward-trending curve。 It's particularly unfortunate， as this was the With this， I am officially done with this author's work。 It's unfortunate， as the world he created has near boundless potential， but he is not capable of writing about it without chapters of pointless， recursive snark。I got 11% into this before I punted it back。 Normally I'd give a book more of a chance than that， but the author's recent track record of tedious books has given me more than enough points from which to draw an downward-trending curve。 It's particularly unfortunate， as this was the series that I felt was doing better then TGG。 The last book in that I gave a 4， but that was being generous and it really didn't deserve it。 Montana is an imbecile， and Clyde isn't as much smarter as he needs to be to make this work。 。。。more