Absolute arsewank, the pair of you. I'll grant you, some bits are shit, but they're far outweighed by its many episodes of sublime brilliance.
Actually, there aren't that many such episodes now that I think about it. Probably only two or three. And they're more "moments" than "episodes". Fuck it, you're right, it's shit.
The book is fucking great, though, and I don't want to hear any arguments to the contrary.