book of the new sun: slow start?Usenet

so i've finally started on this series, and everything i've read about it suggests that it'd be right up my alley. i'm about 100 pages into the first book and i'm finding it pretty tedious so far. does it pick up or is this it?

Max <me at privacy.net> wrote on 01/18/05 at 23:20:

It will pick up once Severian leaves the tower and starts spending his first day in the outside world. That ought to be just happening if you're at the 100 page mark.