Admittedly I've only read a small amount of this book, but already I don't like how it talks about Chinese people basically as if they're idiot savages who don't deserve autonomy in their own country, the way their speech is written is pretty offensive, that the first and only woman mentioned so far is a dumb blonde American. 

Also not very interested in all the ship/mechanic stuff. 

I don't think this book is for me.