re: new Amazon series "The Man in the High Castle"

So I read the book over the weekend and was pretty disappointed. Seemed to end about 150 pages short. There was at least one story line that had zero point. Most of the story lines were only there for symbolism that didn't realize itself until the very end, even then there was only about a page of pay off. Only one story line that was worth telling and i didn't care for the conclusion. That said, I think I'm going to enjoy the TV show way more than the book.

ETA: My wife and I read it together and this is what I told her:

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On one hand i think “ok, that’s cool. pretty mind bending” On the other i think “what a way to take a great premise and completely flush it down the toilet.”

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and spoilers:

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at least get them to completely break out of the fiction by either A. ending their reality in an armageddon or B. jump from their fiction into reality (at least the reality laid out in TGLH) by unlocking some deeper truth. but that’s just me.

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