The first 20 hours were something of a bore for me also, but it does progress and becomes quite an enjoyable trip. You know that feeling when you actually start caring about the book you are reading or the movie your are viewing? That happens around this point in time.
At least that was how it was with me.
As for the love story, I don't believe it would have fit the storyline, seeing as it is steeped in politics and mystery rather than the focus being on the introspective storytelling of the characters' emotional makeup and relations.




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