3.5 stars.

(I meant to come back to this and elaborate on my rating, but I kept forgetting. So here's another long-after-the-fact reflection that will certainly be less accurate to my initial impression of the book.)

I've always loved the "scrappy band of misfits" trope, but as a reader I didn't find the actual writing and plot of this book to be especially effective. I liked it fine, but it was far from being one of the best books I've read lately.