This has been on my TBR for years - like a whole decade. I love the dystopian/sci fi stuff. It was my favorite genres when I was a teenager so I was super excited to read this. 

The pacing felt odd and often times extremely boring. When things were finally happening it was great and interesting, but then it would be almost 20% before anything either came of the last bit or something else would begin to happen. I understand it’s the first in a series and there’s a lot of world building and infodumping, but I just wasn’t a fan of how it was done. 

When things were happening I really enjoyed it. Though I wasn’t a huge fan of the main character, there were many side characters I really liked. 

The last 12% or so things really ramped up and I was flying through pages. I’ll eventually continue the serious but overall it was just okay for me.