Stopped reading on page 48.
This was just purely a case of not for me. The synopsis led me to set up certain expectations that weren't quite met.
Two main things:
- This ended up being a lot more politics driven than I anticipated. There's a lot about how the world has been split up into the Union, the Alliance, etc. Different countries have banded together and you need visas to travel between regions. Just a bit focus on defecting, how the politics differ, etc. I wasn't interested in that. I wanted more of the science.
- I was largely interested in the character described in the synopsis. But after her chapter ended, we moved on to other characters. I read another person's review that says she doesn't come back for like 100 pages. And frankly that's just not what I signed on for.
I'm sure this book will appeal to plenty of people, it just wasn't the right fit for me.