Have been reading
Embassytown. The first part of the book was fantastic - truly exhilarating.
And then the middle came, and it has been a true slog for me. The characters are not developed whatsoever, not even the first person point of view character. The plot (if you can even call it that right now) is really dragging.
I will stick with it, in hopes that it will get moving by the end.
This book is pretty much the author playing with concepts of language. Probably very cool for people who are into that, or into books primarily written for ideas. Not so good for people like me, who just want a story and well developed characters.
Nothing wrong with any of it, by the way - just differences in preferences.
