Bad Book

Last night I gave up on a book. To those of you who know me, you know that I don't give up on books. It takes a pretty bad one.
"The Ghost Writer" by John Harwood isn't poorly written. Nor does it have any glaring plot mistakes. What it is, is boring. I got to page 260 (the book is only 369 pages long) before I finally decided that Harwood wasn't going to stop drawing out long and ridiculously boring stories. His characters in the novel are completely void of personality. The characters seem to be more confused by their emotions and certain plot events than the reader is.
It got some really good reviews. Don't buy into them. More importantly, don't buy it.