Birdsong Part 1

Part one of Birdsong (1910) i found was possibly one of the most descriptive most inventive pieces of literature I have ever read however it was boring as hell. The description was amazing but very over the top and pointless. Within part one we are introduced to many characters such as Stephen ( the main character) , Rene Azaire ( the company owner who lets Stephen lodge at his home) Isabelle Azaire (wife of Rene) Lissete and Gregoire ( children of Rene from a previous marriage) just to name a few. The main theme of this part of the book is the company and the love affair of Stephen and Isabelle.
Stephen travels from England to France (Boulevard de Cange, Amiens to be specific) to learn about the business of Textiles. He stays at the Azaire household and ends up falling in love with Isabelle and they have a very heated affair) When Rene finds out about the affair the couple run and stay in a small village where Isabelle realises she has become pregnant and ends up leaving for her sisters without a goodbye leaving Stephen feeling empty and cold inside.

The description in this section is in it's masses and in reading it all you can literally visualise the enviroment the story is set in, you can feel the emotions the characters are feeling , you see what they see, but admittedly the description after description filled pages do deter you from the storyline, capturing the attention of any reader and forcing them into a lulled sense of boredom. This part of the story had the potential to be a great opening and exciting ,thrilling and exhilarating but for myself I was diappointed in the lack of action sequences within this section.
I can only hope the excitement increases in the rest of the book.