Honestly, this is like a 1.5 star review. Characters feel millimeters thin and the government is so over the top evil while also being laughably incompetent, and the protagonist is an unstoppable superman with no room for self-doubt. His companion on his journey is a brilliant scientist who's primary role seems to marvel at him and serve as an external conscience. Many of their conversations seem to revolve around him explaining to her that her her concerns are irrational given the realities of the situation, which has a whole other connotation that I'm equally unhappy with.

On the whole, it's a simplistic plot driven novel with delusions of ethical introspection.

This series came so highly recommended to me that I started the second book as well to see if things get better, but I abandoned it within the first few chapters.