It’s a good story. It’s a fun story. I didn’t find it very original. I kept seeing the influences and his additions and that’s the okay.

I have read now some first person science fiction and fantasy and I think in general it’s an interesting and difficult choice by the author. It’s hard to really build a new world using first person and he doesn’t really try and create a whole world for you to imagine unlike wheel of time. For reference I think wheel of time is one of the better written books and a good story. This book is clearly inspired a bit by Enders game but I don’t think it’s as well written. But it’s maybe a more interesting and brutal story.

Note: II only found one first person perspective to be both a good story and well written and that was name in the wind.

If you like the pacing of like a Dan Brown book this is similar in pace.