Opinions on Samatha Harvey’s Orbital?

So I finished Orbital around a month ago, but just learned that it won the Booker Prize yesterday. I know it’s shortlisted for a number of other major awards, including the Orwell Prize and the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.

But, man, did I hate this book. Not only was it falsely marketed as Science Fiction, but I can’t for the life of me recall any of the characters names or many of the “plot points.” I guess I remember two: One astronaut learns that their mom died while they are on board the space station and this is never really mentioned again and another has a radio conversation with someone in Canada. There’s an extended metaphor about visual artist Jan Van Eyck and the idea of viewing and being viewed, and there’s a big storm the astronauts watch unfold. 200 pages of Harvey listing places on the planet.

Anybody else have this reaction? If not, do you think Harvey can manage to change science fiction in someway?