I couldn't get past the stilted writing style, the repetition and the way he has to explain everything. Other books tell you about societies without giving a formal lesson. A very mechanical book. Idea was very interesting, but in the end, I gave up at p.100 and then skipped to the last 2 chapters just to find out what happened in the end.

I gave up on this book after 300 pages. I desperately wanted to like this book. The setting was interesting and the plot line had promise. Unfortunately, the pacing dragged and the dialogue was horribly stilted. I finally put the book down when I realized that wanting to know how it ended was still not enough of a reason to finish. Perhaps Ford should stick to non-fiction.