DNF. Painstaking (and DULL) in its detail. No clear purpose in its various vignettes of an alternate history's society. No clear theme. No questions (other than, 'what is the point of all this?'). No answers. I was utterly unengaged with it. Read beyond the halfway point and still found nothing of interest. That makes two DNFs in a row for me - something I never imagined doing before.