Galveston

The setting of Galveston was fascinating, though I was less intrigued by the characters and the story. I loved the different atmosphere and rich description of the post-technological real Galveston and the time-stopped, sometimes nightmarish, Carnival. The main characters, Sloane and Josh, were too unsympathetic for me, and I had a hard time caring about what would eventually happen to them. The story, which seemed to parallel aspects of the game of poker, was just too random and unfocused for my taste, and the ending also seemed very abrupt. I did really enjoy the world, though the story didn't really work for me, so I will probably try another of Stewart's novels in the future.

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