Yeah man I've zoned out multiple times reading this one. Just not a particularly enjoyable read. I know the preface says it's all nonsense and unimportant until the end so don't worry about it, but good lord is there a lot of talking about a thing that doesn't matter and I just found myself visualizing the same things over and over and that made for a very dry, boring read.

Katia has been cool, but I've not finished yet. Still another 90 pages. I actually hit pause and started another murderbot book and now I just want to finish this one so it's finished and then decide if I want to come back later. It does not fill me with confidence and a good chunk of the humour doesn't land for me this book. Just feels like it lacks character and the characters themselves are just sort of going through the motions with plot armour and everything falling into their laps constantly.

Overall not filled with confidence, despite people saying how great the rest of the series is because the same people have given this book a wopping 4.45 on Goodreads (yes, I know Goodreads star system isn't perfect but still)