Think of it this way - if you got stuck in a cave for years and years to come and all you could rely on was your memories of your life and books you have read, wouldn't you read a lot?
Ok - two stars, and only because it was set in places that I know really well. Story so-so, writing the same, and had it not been for the fact that I was fishing for descriptions of my favourite places, I wouldn't have been interested at all. Shame.