Hyperion

Pretentious and overly-obsessed with literary homage, but memorable anyways. Except for the poet (Silenus)'s section. He sucks and the poetry sucks, and there's way too much of it.

The book is incomplete and ends abruptly (or generously, more about “journey over destination”). I would say the next book is essential to enjoying the story, but the next book also asks more questions than it answers.