I felt the Exact same as most people seem to feel.. my brother In law recommended it since Im on a Stephen King binge, the entire first half of the book I was pretty bored and thought, hmm... why did he recommend this? although I didn't feel the need to skim pages, regardless of days being the same there are still other points to be seen Day to day, after finishing it I cried, my dad being from Boston and a giant Red Sox fan.. the connection she had to Tom, her interpreting surviving the bear as 'closing' and 'getting the save' ... being able to channel her inner Tom and have 'ice water in her veins' absolutely an amazing story. if you read the book in its entirety and the ending didn't tie it all together for you and make you think, 'wow what a story' you are missing out! but then again, everyone has their own personal preference!