Love the story, hate the 150-page installments.

The good thing about the series is that she doesn't have to reintroduce every character or rehash the plot. Presumably, she wrote it as one reasonably large novel. I really like the pieces all brought together with what seems like effortless storytelling, but we all know that such writings and story craft is the hardest.

It feels like Star Trek, in that there us complicated, uninvented technology that isn't the focus of the story. It is only the premise, not the point. The real-seeming people and their problems and interactions are complex without becoming confusing. That's the best part of the novel's division into books. It introduces a new central character each time and the switch is built into the format. So, the multi-novel, book-selling strategy is well used even if it makes me grind my teeth every time I find another paywall. This final one is the most annoying because I expected to be done at the end of this book.

I'm still willing to continue, though. That's how fun and interesting I'm finding the "series." I am more used to a series that has a complete story per book and the stories are connected by world, character or idea.

Again, it's good, but it's more like an episodic novel than what I consider a series. There's no way could these be read out of order. It's not a rehash every time you start a new episode. So far I have sunk $6 and so it's not even close to the costs of the non-fiction that I typically read.

It's a decent way to pad my book goal on Goodreads. ( )