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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's deliberately slow; the writing style is an intentional imitation of that of 19th century authors like Dickens. I know you're not alone in disliking it, though. I loved it, but there again, I love 19th century literature. It's certainly not a book that's going to have universal appeal.
Given that it was long-listed for the Man Booker prize, and won the Hugo, a fair number of people seem to have liked it.
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Sadly, and as has been frequently discussed on these forums, nomination for awards frequently has little to do with what people like in the greater world outside the award.
In any case, my point, regardless of the work's merits, is that it is generally hard to impossible for a debut author to publish a very long work, and I don't know how she achieved it.