The premise sounded so promising, and there was so much that could have been done with this. But it fell flat for me. For over two thirds of the book, nothing happened. The characters were one dimensional and the writing felt stilted and unnatural (I am willing to forgive this, as English is not the author's first language).

There was also a gross underrepresentation of women in the book - honestly, I'm not one to insist on gender inclusion in every book I read, I'm not that sensitive to political correctness and not prone to the general outrage that permeates everything these days - but this almost seemed misogynistic.

Nope, no, nopity, no!

1.5 stars (because I finished it!)