The Nautical Chart (Harvest Book)

by Arturo Perez-Reverte

[empressbrooke]

I tried, I really did. But after 119 pages, I had to put it down and move onto some more exciting books. And then I came back for another 60 pages only to dread the idea of trudging on for another 300.

Nothing happened. A woman is looking for a shipwreck. She recruits a man to help her. They talk about the ship. They talk about the sea. The man muses to himself about the sea. He finally does punch someone, but even that manages not to be very exciting.

I've liked all of the other books by Pérez-Reverte that I've read, and it bugs the completionist in me not to finish this, but I will be reading this for the next three months if I keep trying.