FAR TO FAR

I'm in the midst of Quicksilver and I have to say I'm still waiting for something to happen. I'm enjoying the characters and events as they pass by, but the key focus of the first portion: "who invented calculus" was lost. This is why Mr. Waterhouse leaves Boston, this is the driving source of conflict, but there is little tension, and instead we wander through England emersed in daydream. I'm finding that the lack of a cohesive focus on the plot is making it difficult to plow through. I enjoy the bits that I read, dipping in and out of the book, but it lost the hook that it had in my and I'm worried that I'll stop caring about the characters by the time the plot advances again.