<p>I saw the movie on Christmas day and restarted the book a few days ago. I tried multiple times to read this book, since so many people seem enamoured of it, but I could not get beyond the first 80 or so pages. The book has so much boring detail (and so much unecessary background information). I was only able to get through the book, because I saw the movie first and knew that a “story” was coming. The movie was very well done and definitely trimmed the fat of the book. That said, I’m not sure that I will bother with the next two novels. I really don’t enjoy murder mysteries or this author.</p>