The good:

I love post-apocalyptic novels with predecessor tech.

A YA narrator reflecting on his youth as an adult. Making his teenage antics more relatable and less cringe worthy.

The Bad:

Too much explaining. This novel is aimed at a novice sci-fi reader and old tropes that I immediately recognized when hinted at, are then explained at length, with appendixes.

I have a feeling that when I reach the end of the trilogy I'll wonder if the story couldn't have been condensed into one novel, without so much fluff.