Yeah, this was a bit of a slog. There's nothing wrong with it exactly, but it just didn't hold my interest - it's taken me months to wade through what is a relatively short book because I kept getting distracted by more interesting reads. It's action-packed, I'll say that for it, but my impression afterwards is of escape after escape and not a lot of character-building or anything of any depth to tie the story together. And eventually even the escapes occur on such a scale as to become a bit ridiculous - the less said about an entire tower blasting into space the better. Popcorn fare at best, and that's from someone who likes popcorn.