It's long, really long

I wonder if the other reviews noted this book, the rain of the century, or the overall implementation Alastair Reynolds. Because yes, Alastair Reynolds is an outstanding author, but the rain is really longuet century.

This is not a bad book:
- A thoughtful story
- Well-placed ecological, well described
- A little hard science, but not too
- Searched for characters

But it is very long: 850 pages, and it was not until page 577 to start having a beginning of explanation.

Really at times I am frankly bored, I hesitated several times to give up playing so there was shooting in length