DNF @ page whatever I was on. This didn't work for me so much so that I can't even explain what little I read.

DNF @ page 112. This started out very strong, but it's taken a turn in a direction I personally do not want to follow.

A confusing mess that I think was supposed meditate on themes of personhood and capitalism and identity, but honestly I did not care one bit about anyone and it all read a little bit on the silly side.

DNF @ p. 139. Oh boy, what a horrible introduction to Neal Stephenson.

DNF @ 61% because I got to a point last night while reading where I just laughed and threw my Kindle down onto the bed and decided to finally put it down and go to sleep.

The pacing in this is fucking insane. It's made up of tons of random scenes of full throttle action, juxtaposed with the slowest overall plot momentum. The general plot happens because the main character has to lie to her found family crew, a trope I generally hate. Nothing happened with the psychic cats. The time jumps are wild. 

And it's straight up Mass Effect fanfiction. THE ELEVATORS LMAO.

Honestly, I think this could have been more successful for me if it had been tightened up - a few less side questy hijinks, a bit more of a focus on each side character that Eva is close with. If it's really Mass Effect fanfic, then why were there only two characters who ever did off-ship missions with her? And one of them didn't get anywhere near the character development that the love interest does.

Too many hijinks, not enough heart.

DNF @ 52%. Unfortunately, while this started out as a charming and interesting character study, it completely lost me to boredom as the story progressed. 

I’m throwing in the towel at 378 pages. At no point have I ever found myself enjoying this, and I’m just gonna put it down. Sad that I can’t seem to love this as much as so many others do, but I can’t force myself through another page of this.

DNF @ 24%. This is a grand epic of a fantasy novel with many characters moving through a world that is undeniably thoroughly thought out. But I found myself caring less and less as I went on, and while I was told and saw so much about every character we follow, I had no real idea who they were, nor did I feel a single thing for any single person.

As I read more Tchaikovsky, I'm finding that he's a big Ideas person and his characters exist to flesh out that Idea and World. I don't always vibe with it, but when I do (like Elder Race) it really works for me. This didn't work, unfortunately.