Yeah the weird thing is I love the Expanse and also Tenet and my favorite book is Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, a book in which you literally have no idea wtf is going on until basically the last 10%. AND I studied a bunch of stuff about modern Chinese history and the cultural revolution in college so I have some background on the politics! Like, I SHOULD enjoy it, on paper. It's literally just the prose that's ruining it for me.
I actually really hope the TV show is good because I think I'd actually really enjoy it presented in a different format. Maybe I should try an audiobook.