I think I might set this book aside for a bit. I enjoyed it a lot for... oh about the length of a typical modern novel. But the slowness of the story is starting to drag, and I'm getting tired of how much of the story is now about Hans Castorp's exceedingly middle school crush on a woman he'll do anything for a chance to gaze upon but heaven forbid actually speaking to her beyond the most formal of pleasantries.

I'm not sure if I'm giving up on this or just taking a break, but I need to read something faster paced and with a less tiny world.