Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh

To be fair, there were some concepts in the book I found intriguing–what it
would be like to be an azi–or a cloned person, shaped by taped lessons
learned while the person is sleeping. But aside from that, the book really
didn’t do anything for me. I can’t even really summarize the plot because I
couldn’t figure out who was doing what where or why. There were a couple of
characters I sort of cared about, but not really enough to keep reading.

So, yeah, unless you like your science really hard and your intrigue thick
and complicated, feel free to skip this one.