Painfully read 400 pages (out of 1200) of the
Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton and just stopped when the reality became way too dysfunctional for my taste.
That book is terrible I don't even know why I started it and kept going that long.
Most notably gratuitous extreme violence and sex, I'm not easily disturbed but my...this is some sadistic stuff and reading some pages felt like pure masochism. Add to that poor character descriptions/depth, 20 sub-plots (oh, you liked this character? Wait 10 chapters and you might hear from him again..)and in the end nothing and no one you really care about.
The nail in the coffin was the "reality dysfunction" which occurs at a third of the book, hello Satan/dead people, goodbye Peter F. Hamilton.
Only positive side was the epic proportions, which can't really be said about my current read
The Old Man's War 
but I'll reserve my comment for the book club on the 20th
