Status Updates From Out on the Sound (The Adven...

I'm not feeling this book. At this early on I'm probably missing a major plot point but Charlie and Decky are annoying. Who talks like that to a stranger? Ohhh I just had an epiphany that I may dislike books with witty back and forth banter? Odd. Not fair to rate but I'm done. Need to find a book where people say mean things to each other, I guess.