The General in His Labyrinth

I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of disappointed in the book so far. Granted, I've only read about 20 pages, but they've been quite boring. The plot really hasn't gone anywhere yet...so far it's just mainly descriptions and stories (and very confusing ones at that) about the General (Simon Bolivar). A few minor characters are also introduced, but they are kind of hard to keep track of becuase most of them are named "Field Marshal (so and so)" or "General (so and so)". So far, it doesn't look like many of them will play a very important role of the book. I'm hoping the plot moves along in the next section I read, because this section was pretty boring.

Decent quote/section of the book I liked...

"I have no friends," he said. "And if I do have any left it won't be for long."
That was how the General learned what the whole city already knew: not one but several assassination plots against him were brewing, and his last supporters were in the house to try to thwart them."