I feel like this book has suffered from mediocre voice actor and diverted attention syndrome. 

Initially I was confused as to what the hell was actually happening to this guy with a weird name and the town he ends up living in. Soon after I figured out the gist, (good vs evil, big disaster to avert), I felt I was missing important information. It wasn’t that the information wasn’t given, but that my brain was not paying attention. 

I have however continued to listen to the following books in the trilogy so it can’t have been that bad can it? 
Would benefit from a reread/listen which I often do with audiobooks more than physical reads.