It wasn't really terrible, but it wasn't good enough to even really speculatively recommend. The writing is difficult, but not bad. Much of the book is just a slog of not that important nothingness happening (which I have had other books where not much really happens, but they are enjoyable because the writing itself is enjoyable). The writing might not be the worst I've seen in terms of weird dropping of strange language that I'll do myself, when I'm drafting something (or just not wanting to spend the time to find the right word despite not likely going back to it).

I may continue but if the following two books are as "productive" I would say it should have been a novel about 300 pages for the combined stories.