Sadly a DNF. The setting is not for me and I don't feel invested enough in the characters to want to continue with the story. I thought it had a more epic fantasy vibe.

I'm not sure if I'm the problem or if the book is the problem but I've been stuck at 76% for at least three weeks. I just can't get myself to finish this book I'm going to have to force it. Then again I have undiagnosed ADHD so perhaps I AM indeed the problem

Do these books ever get interesting or should I just DNF? I gave the first one 3 stars and that felt generous, and I'm almost 100 pages into this one and it's a snooze fest, literally nothing is happening and I don't care about ANY of these characters 💀

i’m almost halfway through this and it still feels like nothing has really happened lol. it’s not bad but i don’t think that this kind of book is something that’s for me. i do plan to finish it but it’s so slow going that it’s been a struggle to even pick it up 🥲

I am not convinced by the choice of first person as a POV for this book- there have been some objectively horrifying things happen to the MC so far, but I think his inner world is so boring its hard to feel much (fear, tension, empathy) for him and its all falling a little flat. I think the very utalitarian prose has somewhat bitten itself in the butt here, particularly in terms of investment in the plot and characters. Like yes, this book is piss easy to read quickly, but do I want that for a proportedly high concept sf/f book? not necessarily