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Suffers from massive middle book syndrome. The whole book feels like one long, drawn-out B plot.

No major plot developments except in the last fifty or so pages. You'd think with a backstory as metal as 3 previous human attempts at galactic conquest it would be fleshed out more, and that Spensa, who is continually characterized as someone who loves stories, would actively try to learn more about the history of her own people that she had been missing all her life. But no, even though M-Bot was mentioned to have downloaded it from the Superiority, Spensa doesn't seem to care. All we get are some off-hand references and we know exactly the same about world as we did in the second book, and only slightly more than the first.

This is hardly even a sci-fi anymore. It's just a fantasy book taking place in space, with technology that behaves more like magic with the profound lack of any strict, defined rules or requirements to operate. Spaceships don't even need to be refueled because apparently they all have some energy matrix that can last for decades; a ragtag group of 'pirates' can easily maintain laser cannons and highly advanced spaceships for years despite having no level of industry or even spare parts.

The worst part is that the writing and themes feel extremely dumbed down compared to his other works in terms of depth and complexity. I know this is a YA book but this is terrible compared to Reckoners, the Rithmatist, and even Skyward...

Overall, it's the worst Sanderson book i've had the displeasure of reading, and i'm a huge fan of all his other works. It really feels like he phoned it in and banged out the whole novel in a week.