I don’t remember it that well, but your claim that the book seems kind of boring really resonates with me. I seem to recall that the characters/plot/setting were well enough put together that it kept me reading, but it didn’t seem like anything that substantial happened. At the time I came to the conclusion that I just didn’t get it, which is probably true.

Now that I have acquired such acute literary skills, I might give it a second go. On the other hand, I may not.