Deadhouse Gates question

DG is much easier to get through than GOTM. It's a little slow to start, but soon you won't be able to put it down.

I liked Gardens of the Moon, although it was a bit slow. Therefore, I wasn't afraid of Deadhouse Gates but it quickly became so boring and slow to waddle through that I couldn't finish it. Eriksson seems to open lots of really interesting possibilities but never explores them fully. No Anomander Rake, no Oponn, no flying moon. Instead he focuses on all sorts of tedious action that doesn't seem to go anywhere and introduces too many unlikable characters without any obvious purpose.
Whatever character development goes on with the slave girl in DG (I forgot her name) it's terribly slow and dull and boring. In fact she is described as a junkie so dependent on her drug that I can't believe she'll ever be fully rehabilitated.
So I finally got sidetracked with a Tom Holt, I believe. Perhaps you should just try a Brandon Sanderson instead and spare yourself the boredom. You don't *have to* finish every series you start. There's no point punishing yourself. Try Elantris instead or Infinity Blade; or the mind-blowing Emperor's Soul. Try Magician by Feist. Try A Darker Shade of Magic by Schwab. Or Robert Jordan with his Wheel of Time.