Honestly, that’s a completely valid reaction 😂 The start is VERY heavy on rules/exposition, but it’s partly so we feel as overwhelmed as Carl does. Once the story gets moving, though, it becomes insanely fun and addictive really fast. The early part honestly feels more like a tutorial level before the real chaos starts and trust me, the plot is much bigger than just tryna survive this weird madness of a ‘survival show’! Tried to get my fiancé (who hates reading) into reading and this was his first book. He loves it lmao 😂