I was having a good time in the first half, but it kind of fell off for me. 

This was an impulse read (or listen), and it was fine for what it was. I liked a lot of the setup, the characters, the conspiracy of it, but the payoff was just meh. It wasn’t anything new, and the action felt like it was just there because it’s expected, not for any real purpose. 

I’ll still probably pick up the sequel, though. The writing was fine and I wasn’t bored until maybe the last hour.