/lit/ - Literature

im a relatively new reader, and i want to comment on something that was peculiar to me that i want other anons to comment about.
i am currently reading the blade itself by joe abercrombie, and while i find the book alright, funny and the characters interesting, the book just isnt engaging me or, more specifically, im having a tough time wanting to read it and i dont know why. as i said, i dont find much of it that bad.
for example, books like how do androids dream of electric sheep and a study in scarlet were books that i, from the first page, couldnt get enough of and finished in a day or two.
i dont understand why a book that, on paper (no pun intended), seems good to me just isnt engaging me. my assumption is that i really dont give a shit about characters and prefer 'ideas' more (as that 'mentality' is the main difference between fantasy and sci fi, with me prefering sci fi), but even then i loved the first dresden files book.
that being said, ill probably just force myself through it. im about halfway through