I read the whole trilogy in the end. It's not too bad!

I liked how the first book set off quickly. After having read Wool, I was ready to spend the whole book gradually learning what lies behind the propaganda. But slow investigation is not what this book is about.

A couple pages later, and we are in "school", in a Hunger Games battle that lasts months. It is a testosterone overdose dreamscape. All the boys are superhuman invincible body-builders. All the girls are supermodel damsels in distress. All the action is medieval. The sci-fi disappears while we watch this battle royale where everyone is just fighting with swords on horseback.

Already the worst part of the series is evident in a way. The hero is the best at everything and always wins. But that would be boring, right? So sometimes he makes a dumb mistake for no good reason other than regretting it for the rest of the series. Pax

These mistakes felt so out of place to me. He's the best fighter, best tactician, best strategist, best friend, etc. Why walk into an ambush that the reader can recognize from miles away?

That's how I recall it anyway. I should have written this review in April...