Status Updates From The Unconquered

I wanted to love this book. The premise sounded so great. But I should just admit to myself that I'm not getting any further in this book, let alone finishing it. I pushed through a third of it, just hoping something would suddenly tie together and make the trudge there pay off and make it all worthwhile. I could be wrong, but I don't think that's going to happen. Too many books I want to read to have this just sit.

This book is all over the place, and I can't decide what I think. Is it fantasy, humor, folklore, or a text book? It has all, but they are so solidly delineated with no hint of pulling together that I just can't yet see how they will. Some awkward and hard to trudge through, the humor falls flat, then sections so interesting it seems a different author. Maybe it's cultural differences. Not what I was expecting.