Someone recommended this book to me, and I wanted to love it, but it just didn't happen for me. It was so full of description and long sentences that I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be paying attention to.

At one point, one of the characters is riding in a cart/carriage. He sees a family painting a house, and the book goes on to describe them in great detail -- down to the moles on the girl's back exposed when her shirt lifts when she raises her arm to paint -- and then they're gone.

What?

It felt like a NaNoWriMo effort to flesh out word count.

There are so many details and similes that I couldn't figure out what the important details were. My brain was scattered. Where was the plot? What's important? Am I going to need to know about this girl's back-moles or is that just filler?

I wound up giving up. Not happening.