What a difficult book to review. On one hand, I can see why some people would like this - it was certainly proficiently written and character-oriented. On the other hand, I found the characters mostly dull and two-dimensional, the stakes low, the universe uninspired. I was fully prepared to give it two stars, but every time it kind of surprised me and did something slightly unexpected.<br/><br/>Normally I'd call for an editor to cut out the boring bits, except that here the boring bits were kind of the point. So yeah, someone's favourite book probably, just not mine.