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The content is interesting, but it's not put together well. The text is rambling and goes off on tangents, and it tends to repeat itself often.

Its organization was confusing (which admittedly wasn't helped by Sega's product line). It covered the rise & fall of the genesis, and then the full story Sega CD, and then the 32x, and then the Sega Saturn.

The problem is these devices have overlap in their lifetimes. In the story of Sega CD the first mention of the 32x was how Sega CD affected the 32x sales. "Wait, what? When was it released? When & why was it developed?" I think a straight chronological story, covering all products at once, would've been much more readable.

I feel like I haven't decided if I liked The Slow Regard of Silent Things yet. I'm intrigued by Auri and was excited to learn more of her, but the book is slow and meandering to the point that it was difficult to get through.

However, it fits her. I couldn't imagine a story focusing on Auri told any other way, and it ended (can't stay "wrapped up") before it overstated its welcome.

Quite shorter than I expected and light on details. I suppose I was spoiled by Polygon's excellent series on Defense Grid 2. This book spent half the time introducing people that weave in and out of the product, but still had some interesting tidbits that I didn't know.