Would You Like That Re-nood?

Finally finished the epic Drood by Dan Simmons, a fictional account of Charles Dickens' impetus for writing his unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. If you haven't already seen or tripped over it, it's a whopping 784 pages, about 400 of which are completely unnecessary. In fact, if you read only every other chapter, you'd probably be ok. Parts of it were fascinating

(and I liked the twist at the end) but overall, I'd say I was disappointed.

Perhaps I shouldn't have had such... (wait for it) Great Expectations. he he