I really liked the premise of this book and wish I liked the execution more, but it really slowed down for me towards the end. I enjoyed the beginning and the world-building was really interesting. I think the plot was fine, nothing spectacular. I didn't really connect with the characters and that's kind of what made it hard for me to get through the book. They weren't bad or poorly written, I just didn't care about them. Once I got like halfway through the book, I just got so bored and couldn't wait for it to be done. I think another issue I had was the lack of tension in the last half. The villain just wasn't that compelling to me and because of this, the stakes didn't feel that high. While the villain had a good backstory, and his introduction was good, the further along the story went the worse his story got. He made a lot of empty threats that amounted to nothing, he hardly did anything that heinous during the events of the book. I didn't believe the characters were really in any danger so I was just waiting for the book to be over. Overall, I understand why people like this book, and wouldn't stop anyone from reading it, but I wouldn't reread it.