Review: I wanted to like it very much, but I couldnt
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*I'm sorry Mr. Brimhall.  I tried to like it, I really did.Mr. Brimhall seems like a lovely person, so it pains me to say I couldn't finish this book.  It was as interesting as watching hair grow.  I forced myself to read it until I just couldn't stand it anymore.  I would put it aside, read another book, then return to it hoping it would change.  I made it to 39%, and it took months to get that far.I agree wholeheartedly with Joseph Haschka's review.  There's just no story here.  There's no character development, no humor, no suspense, nothing at all to engage the readers' minds.  I don't understand the "hard-hitting" description and the glowing reviews. The descriptions are so overdone, I found myself shaking my head repeatedly.The house the protagonist is building, for instance; we know the exact mileage from his apartment to the house, the mileage from city limits, distance to his job, condition of nearby subdivisions and streets, name of the contractors (and their resumes), what materials have been used and why and where, the color and consistency of the soil in the yard, the location of plumbing and electrical cords underground, what types of wildflowers grow there in each season, and more. If reading that summary bored you, imagine reading 39% of a novel like that!Even the dialogue is mind-numbing.  With the excruciating amount of detail, somehow half the dialogue manages to avoid making any sense.  It's actually impressive in a way to have so much detail yet still make no sense. There doesn't seem to be a plot.  I read almost half, so a plot should be evident by now.  It just seems like this guy with a very mundane life is being followed around, having every place he visits and every person he sees tediously described.Oh, and there are repeated references to the "Peace Core" - core as in the center of something rather than CORPS as in a group of people.  That drove me nuts!I can't make myself finish this book.  I do apologize for being so blunt because I genuinely like the author, but honesty is what was asked for and promised.