Too boring to get into
586873
If you watched the tv mini series, You have read the book. It's not to say that the book is bad but it's really hard to get into, Especially when there's no surprises because the mini series ruined them all. The only differences I'd say is that there is a bit more background to the characters and plenty of needless filler. I mean what in the world was he thinking with that stupid kid orgy? Honestly...
670796
I could barely make it through the first chapter.  I was very bored.  Too many characters were introduced at once and not in an interesting way.  Not a page turner for me at all.
1302295
Listened to this book on CD. Found it to be incredibly boring and slow. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, but there was little to no action. The love interest was predictable; many of the other side characters were silly (the professional clown who walks into the restaurant in full clown makeup and dress, in order to buy pastries, and happens to sit down next to our protagonist) or stereotypical/annoying  (the overly talkative, overweight waitress). The only part that caught my interest were the crosses found in the woods; I kept reading hoping to find out what that was all about. However, halfway through, I simply could not put up with anymore dull dialogue and anecdotes from the life of the protagonist. Glad I got it from the library.
2733243
This book is a slightly interesting insight into a very boring person.  Though well written and an interesting concept, and even though I'm an avid and eclectic reader I just couldn't get through this book.  Maybe once I finally power through, I'll update this review.  But as it stands, this book is an ode to boring.
4963401
Boring.  Way too many characters.  Slow plot.  Gave up on it.
3250947
I tried but  couldn't get into it. Never finished it.
3682315
Unbelievably boring. I suffered through the intro hoping it would lead to a more interesting writing style in the body of the book. Such an unknown personality as Ann Hathaway was exciting to me. Very disappointed.
3889606
So boring.  I just couldn't finish it.  Lots of writing to wade through, and not enough interactive dialogue.  I am returning it.
4129421
Extraordinarily boring.  I have to agree with the other reviewer that gave the book a 1 star.  The beginning, middle and end never held my attention.  I didn't like the characters, the story, or the world.  Wish I didn't even read the book.  I normal don't give a bad book a review but this book was so boring I had to say something.
1021912
Boring - could not get into the story and only read about 1/4 before I had to put it down.
879946
Dull, too complicated a plot to follow.  I am exhausted from trying to finish this book and would have given up if I had not already read the reviews.  It should be classified under sci fi.
4329086
Got one third into it and decided that I had better things to do with my time.  So slow, so predictable, so boring.  Pass this one up.
1103235
I loved the first 1/2 of the first one. But it got pretty old very fast. Totally self involved to the point of boring beyond belief.
3981085
I fell asleep in the first 5 minutes of this show......not funny, but very boring.
4361105
Over the past few years I discovered that the so-called "young adult" novels can be quite good.  I've come to especially enjoy Dystopian and Apocalyptic novels.  I also enjoy some of the fantasy books and then I really like the better zombie and vampire series, all to my surprise. However, with Blades of Winter: A Novel of Shadowstorm  I merely wanted to find an interesting read; it didn't have to be a fantastic. The book failed to produce at all.  I kept trying to read more of the book hoping I'd get to something better but it was so boring.  I could not develop any interest or investment whatsoever in the main characters and, in fact, found that I did not want to read about her at all.  She was too phoney and that's hard to say considering the purported subject matter of this book.  As far as a storyline, well, I couldn't identify one.  I keep lowering the stars I've assigned as a rating but I'm ending up with one star.  Obviously, I do not recommend this book, even for free.
203327
Couldn't get into it. I found the writing style and the characters to be wooden. Cardboard, really. All the characters spoke with the same voice, and cadence and the plot plodded on as wooden as the language. I couldn't develop any interest in anyone. But then, I am spoiled by the likes of Diana Gabaldon!
3828170
I'm sorry but this is one of the few books I couldn't even finish. There is too much jumping around and too many random characters. It may tie in together eventually but I simply lost interest because it wasn't interesting enough to continue investing my time.