Overall mildly entertaining. I definitely found the novel I read before it a bit more bleh. I kept forgetting this world had a futuristic scifi setting though, so every time the author would make a one off mention of something more futuristic, it threw me for a loop. Also, it dragged on way longer than it needed to. I'm not sure if it's because the extras weren't clearly marked as extras or what, but the main plot wrapped up and the book... didn't end. It turned into trope bingo, like the author had realized some tropes hadn't been checked off the list yet so they were approaching them one at a time. I wish the story had just ended after the stuff with MC's grandfather. That would've been a fine point to finish it. The s level plants were great though. Might've been the best characters in the whole novel.