User blog comment:MissGeek/Meme/@comment-25047643-20140304201202/@comment-3568435-20140308001814

If you're going to, though, ''holy cat do not skip to act five. Bad idea don't do it.'' You're going to miss a lot of setup and world mechanics that are going to come into full swing in act five. You will be confused. More then usual. Criminy don't do it.

It's long, it seems filler-y at points (augh act six is like 90% romance screws things up and I cannot stand it), but it's good. Try it again, just slowly go through it, take your time. No rush!

Also: There's a pool-themed gang with time-themed powers, led by a faceless suit-wearing omniscient jerkwad. If that doesn't compell you, I'm not sure what will.