US (David Nicholls) - December 15/14

I'm conflicted about this one. On the one hand, this is a typically well written and occasionally engrossing novel by Nicholls that's rife with complex, thoroughly agreeable characters. But on the other hand, the book is saddled with an epic length that ensures it feels like a slog at times. I was never bored but I did feel like 100 pages could (and should) have been cut from the book. *** out of ****