I'm not so much giving up on it, as deciding not to read it now. I only got a few pages in. Nothing's hooked me, but honestly I haven't given it much of a chance to hook me. I can't remember now why I brought this home from the library other than maybe I thought I ought to read some Andre Norton. Or I needed to read the start of the series to get to the good bits. I dunno. I may read it later.