This book isn’t bad, I just don’t care for the type of story being told. If my wife wasn’t also reading the series, then I might not have finished it. Still planning to try to finish the series.

I dislike stories about living under tyranny. I generally find them too depressing. I appreciated that this book more or less ended on a high note, but that didn't make slogging through the rest of the book less of a chore.

I also have to say that thanks to the TV show, I'm just a little surprised whenever Alex makes an appearance now.