The Man in the High Castle

I really, really wanted to like this more. I was drawn to the premise: Germany and Japan have won WWII and the book takes place in a Japanese-controlled early 1960s America. Unfortunately there just didn't seem to be much of a plot, there were a lot of characters doing lots of meeting other characters but nothing really grabbed me. Perhaps it was that I just didn't care about any of the characters and couldn't empathise.
There were snippets of humour and admirable use of sentence structure to reflect how some Americans' speech and thought processes were influenced by their occupiers. There was also an intriguing book-within-a-book sub-plot regarding an alternative-alternative future where the Allies won but I felt it fizzled out.
Overall it's technically very good, well-written and excellently researched. Unfortunately that just wasn't enough for me. I started keen and engrossed but my initial interest waned. However, I'll definitely re-read it in a few years' time to see if I get more from it.