[gmw]

I don't have to like the characters but they have to support the illusion of reality; I have to believe they're real while I'm reading. Even in a fantasy context the characters must seem real in their context. But in this book none of these main characters were real to me, so come the end I didn't really care much what happened to any of them. The supporting cast did better mostly because I could fill in the blanks from a selections of movies where I'd seen the cast before. The problem was I was bored with this movie and so had far too much time to look around at the shaky sets and wet paint.